“ In a nervous society where a man’s image is frequently more important than his reality, the only people who can afford to advertise their drug menus are those with nothing to lose. Hunter S. Thompson
“ I've always considered writing the most hateful kind of work. I suspect it's a bit like fucking — which is fun only for amateurs. Old whores don't do much giggling. Nothing is fun when you have to do… Hunter S. Thompson
“ 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. My father taught me that, along with… Hunter S. Thompson
“ I shared a vagrant optimism that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best of us would inevitably make it over the top. At the same time, I felt that th… Hunter S. Thompson
“ I harbor a secret urge to whack a salesman in the face, crack his teeth and put red bumps around his eyes. Hunter S. Thompson
“ How many more of these stinking, double-downer sideshows will we have to go through before we can get ourselves straight enough to put together some kind of national election that will give me and the… Hunter S. Thompson
“ Fear is a healthy instinct, not a sign of weakness. It is a natural self-defense mechanism that is common to felines, wolves, hyenas, and most humans. Even fruit bats know fear, and I salute them for… Hunter S. Thompson
“ As your attorney I advise you to get the chiliburger. It’s a hamburger with chili on it. Hunter S. Thompson
“ All my life, my heart has sought a thing I cannot name.Remembered line from a long-forgotten poem Hunter S. Thompson
“ 1) Never trust a cop in a raincoat.2) Beware of enthusiasm and of love, both are temporary and quick to sway.3) If asked if you care about the world's problems, look deep into the eyes of he who asks,… Hunter S. Thompson
“ And he would probably not agree with my conviction that a sense of humor is the main measure of sanity. But who can say for sure? Humor is a very private thing. Hunter S. Thompson
“ There is a huge body of evidence to support the notion that me and the police were put on this earth to do extremely different things and never to mingle professionally with each other, except at offi… Hunter S. Thompson
“ There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die. Hunter S. Thompson
“ The strategy worked like a charm, and in 1980 Jimmy Carter was swept away like offal by the Reagan Revolution, which ushered in eight years of berserk looting of the federal treasury and the economic… Hunter S. Thompson
“ The room was very quiet. I walked over to the TV set and turned it on to a dead channel-white noise at maximum decibels, a fine sound for sleeping, a powerful continuous hiss to drown out everything s… Hunter S. Thompson
“ The only way to prepare for a trip like this, I felt, was to dress up like human peacocks and get crazy, then screech off across the desert and cover the story. Hunter S. Thompson
“ People who claim to know jackrabbits will tell you they are primarily motivated by Fear, Stupidity, and Craziness. But I have spent enough time in jack rabbit country to know that most of them lead pr… Hunter S. Thompson
“ One of the things you learn, after years of dealing with drug people, is that everything is serious. You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug—especially when it’s waving… Hunter S. Thompson
