Hunter S. Thompson Quotes - Page 3

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• The slow-rising central horror of "Watergate" is not that it might grind down to the reluctant impeachment of a vengeful thug of a president whose entire political career has been a monument to the same kind of cheap shots and treachery he finally got nailed for, but that we might somehow fail to learn something from it.

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  Thug, Careers, Political

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time”, p.242, Pan Macmillan

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• My greatest talent is in my ability to choose good friends. It's about as important as things get.

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  Good Friend, Important, Talent

  Source: www.fargonebooks.com

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• Every GOP administration since 1952 has let the Military-Industrial Complex loot the Treasury and plunge the nation into debt on the excuse of a wartime economic emergency.

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  Military, Debt, Emergencies

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson”, p.564, Penguin UK

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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 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.

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  Falling In Love, Fun, Hate

  "Gonzo Papers, Vol. 2: Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s". Book by Hunter S. Thompson, 1988.

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• Yesterday's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why.

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  Yesterday, Reason Why, Tomorrow

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F”, p.185, Simon and Schuster

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• It's in my interest, in ours perhaps, or maybe the interests of the greater good, for me to smoke a joint, and calm down.

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  Joints, Calm, Interest

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• I miss Nixon. Compared to these Nazis we have in the White House now, Richard Nixon was a flaming liberal.

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  White, House, Missing

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness”, p.282, Pan Macmillan

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• I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.

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  Heart, Mind, Looks

  FaceBook post by Hunter S. Thompson from Jan 29, 2015

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• It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it.

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  Choices, Conformity, Accepting

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967”, p.119, Ballantine Books

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• 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.

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  Stupid, Philosophical, Las Vegas

  Hunter S. Thompson (2010). “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream”, p.73, Vintage

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• We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear—fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, fear of getting down-sized or fired because of the plunging economy, fear of getting evicted for bad debts or suddenly getting locked up in a military detention camp on vague charges of being a Terrorist sympathizer.

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  Military, War, Debt

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness”, p.215, Pan Macmillan

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• Words are such a poor medium when you really want someone to feel something.

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  Want, Poor, Mediums

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967”, p.121, Ballantine Books

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• Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance and library cards, to absinthe and good-hearted landlords, to music and warm bodies and contraceptives... and to the "good life", whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.

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  Good Life, Rain, Coffee

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967”, p.101, Ballantine Books

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• A sense of humor is the main measure of sanity.

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  Sense Of Humor, Sanity

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72”, p.111, Simon and Schuster

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• I damn well intend to keep on living the way I think I should.

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  Thinking, Way, Should

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• Call on God, but row away from the rocks.

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  Inspirational, Faith, Humor

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot - and it's only a question of time before all that the mind controls will run amuck in a frenzy of stupid, impotent fear.

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  Running, Stupid, America

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967”, p.137, Ballantine Books

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• On some days you get what you want, and on others, you get what you need.

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  Needs, Want, What You Want

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F”, p.172, Simon and Schuster

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• We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can.

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  Vegas, Two, Drug

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time”, p.531, Simon and Schuster

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• I would feel real trapped in this life if I didn't know I could commit suicide at any time.

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  Life, Suicide, Real

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• With the truth so dull and depressing, the only working alternative is wild bursts of madness and filigree.

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  Depressing, Alternatives, Dull

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist”, Simon and Schuster

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• There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.

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  Challenges, Police, Risk

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F”, p.107, Simon and Schuster

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• If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up.

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  Inspirational, Crazy, Epic

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Ancient Gonzo Wisdom”, p.372, Pan Macmillan

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• 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.

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  Running, Dog, Money

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Generation of Swine: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist”, p.43, Simon and Schuster

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• I just usually go with my own taste. If I like something, and it happens to be against the law, well, then I might have a problem.

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  Law, Might, Taste

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F”, p.51, Simon and Schuster

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