“ We are all wired into a survival trip now. No more of the speed that fueled that 60's. That was the fatal flaw in Tim Leary's trip. He crashed around America selling consciousness expansion without ev… Hunter S. Thompson
“ This maybe the year when we finally come face to face with ourselves; finally just lay back and say it—that we are really just a nation of 220 million used car salesmen with all the money we need to b… Hunter S. Thompson
“ I have never seen much point in getting heavy with stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure a… Hunter S. Thompson
“ I don't mean to say that I'm about to state my credo here on this page, but merely to affirm, sincerely for the first time in my life, my belief in man as an individual and independent entity. Certain… Hunter S. Thompson
“ Yes sir, I am a tortured man for all seasons, as they say, and I have powerful friends in high places. Birds sing where I walk, and children smile when they see me coming. Hunter S. Thompson
“ Of all the men that have run for president in the twentieth century, only George McGovern truly understood what a monument America could be to the human race. Hunter S. Thompson
“ When you bring an act into this town, you want to bring it in heavy. Don’t waste any time with cheap shucks and misdemeanors. Gostraight for the jugular. Get right into felonies. Hunter S. Thompson
“ The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy or fairness or even trees, except maybe the ones in their own yards, and they do… Hunter S. Thompson
“ Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, Wow wh… Hunter S. Thompson
“ Liberalism itself has failed, and for a pretty good reason. It has been too often compromised by the people who represented it. Hunter S. Thompson
“ It was obvious that he was a man who marched through life to the rhythms of some drum I would never hear. Hunter S. Thompson
“ It is difficult for the ordinary voter to come to grips with the notion that a truly Hunter S. Thompson
“ I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me. Hunter S. Thompson
“ He wandered into the Newsroom and asked for a job the same way he’d walk into a barbershop and ask for a haircut, and with no more idea of being turned down. Hunter S. Thompson
“ Marathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running shoes. But running is unique in that the world's best racers are on the sa… Hunter S. Thompson
“ I hate pain, despite my ability to tolerate it beyond all known parameters, which is not necessarily a good thing. Hunter S. Thompson
