59 result(s) for Hunter S. Thompson Quotes.
"We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and -- in spite of True Romance magazines -- we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely -- at least, not all the time -- but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness."
"There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an ether binge."
"Myths and legends die hard in America."
"Of course I am weird, as are anyone we love; as are the life we've built with them."
"We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way."
"Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism."
"Success, when I came to practice it, was a tricky business."
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"I hate to advocate weird chemicals, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they have always worked for me."
"Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run, but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant."
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow!'"
"We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness."
"Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent."
"The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason."
"Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond."
"No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride...and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well...maybe chalk it up to forced consciousness expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten."
"In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upwardly mobile—and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: Not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely."
"Sex without love is as hollow and ridiculous as love without sex."
"Sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whiskey, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind but falling in love and not getting arrested."
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow! What a ride!'"
"Weird behavior is natural in smart children, like curiosity's natural."
"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over it."
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"The TV business is uglier than most things. It is pure excrement. It is about more excrement."
"A word to the wise is infuriating."
"For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled."
"Show me a man who has forgotten words, so that I can have a word with him."
"I understand that fear is my friend, but not always. Never turn your back on Fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed."
"The TV business is uglier than most things. It is pure excrement. It is about more excrement. If I were a grave-digger or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment."
"We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and — in spite of True Romance magazines — we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely — at least, not all the time — but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness."
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow! What a Ride!'"
"There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."
"In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity."
"Hell's Angels don't want to read about themselves; they want to read about Superman."
"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."
"I hate to sound like a broken record, but we are at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and it has been said if we lose that war, and in doing so lose this way of freedom of ours, history will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening."
"Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer."
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"Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish - a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to live out there where the real winds blow - to sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested... Res ipsa loquitur. Let the good times roll."
"It never got weird enough for me."
"The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."
"Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of 'the rat race' is not yet final."
"Buy the ticket, take the ride."
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."
"Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously."
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."
"We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws."
"Good people drink good beer."
"Weird behavior is natural in smart children, like curiosity is to a kitten."
"Some may never live, but the crazy never die."
"When the going gets tough, the weird turn pro."
"Freedom is something that dies unless it's used."
"In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught."
"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours."
"A word to the unwise: Torch every book. Char every page. Burn every word to ash."
"The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free."
"I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me."
"Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is."
"I hate to advocate weird chemicals, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone...but they've always worked for me."
"Call on God, but row away from the rocks."
"I feel the same way about disco as I do about herpes."
"Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do."
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