“ The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but to those who can see it coming and jump aside. Hunter S. Thompson
“ The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we'd get into tha… Hunter S. Thompson
“ The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup their supporters into an orgiastic frenzy—then go back to the office & sell ever… Hunter S. Thompson
“ Hey, honkies! my attorney screamed. Goddamnit, I’m serious! I want to sell you some pure fuckin’ smack! Hunter S. Thompson
“ There was no sense in blowing everything away for the sake of some violent ape I'd never even met. Hunter S. Thompson
“ McGovern made some stupid mistakes, but in context they seem almost frivolous compared to the things Richard Nixon does every day of his life, on purpose, as a matter of policy and a perfect expressio… Hunter S. Thompson
“ Life just seems too huge and too fascinating for me to begin thinking about curing my restlessness at this stage of the game. Maybe later. Hunter S. Thompson
“ KNOW YOUR DOPE FIEND. YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT! You will not be able to see his eyes because of the Tea-Shades, but his knuckles will be white from inner tension and his pants will be crusted with s… Hunter S. Thompson
“ He gave my hand a final shake. Okay, Kemp, he said with a grin. Thanks a lot – you came through like a champ. Hell, I said, starting the engine. We’re all champs when we’re drunk. Hunter S. Thompson
“ Whatever he might have denied me was unimportant; it was thefact that he could deny me anything at all, even what I didn't want Hunter S. Thompson
“ Take it from me, there's nothing like a job well done. Except the quiet enveloping darkness at the bottom of a bottle of Jim Beam after a job done any way at all. Hunter S. Thompson
“ In a nation of frightened dullards there is a sorry shortage of outlaws, and those few who make the grade are always welcome: Hunter S. Thompson
“ I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing. Hunter S. Thompson
“ I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that my instincts were right. I shared a vagrant optimism that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest ro… Hunter S. Thompson
“ I had come to regard him as a loner with no real past and a future so vague that there was no sense talking about it. Hunter S. Thompson
“ How long can we maintain? I wonder. How long before one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy? What will he think then? This same lonely desert was the last known home of the Manson family. Wi… Hunter S. Thompson
