A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONI never knew where I was going, but I ripped the tits off of everything that got in my way. By the time they figured me out, it was too late.
More Hunter S. Thompson Quotes
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We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws.
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Don’t judge your taco by its price.
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The most important thing a writer can have [is] the ability to live with the constant loneliness and a strong sense of revulsion for the banalities of everyday socializing.
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In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.
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I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone’s imagination.
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All political power comes from the barrel of either guns, pussy, or opium pipes, and people seem to like it that way.
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Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.
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Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.
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All we have to do is get out and vote, while it’s still legal, and we will wash those crooked warmongers out of the White House.
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It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.
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Graffiti is beautiful; like a brick in the face of a cop.
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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.
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I need beaches, and blackness, and moonlit nakedness.
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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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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.
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