In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONIn a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONAs your attorney, it is my duty to inform you that it is not important that you understand what I’m doing or why you’re paying me so much money. What’s important is that you continue to do so.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONI need beaches, and blackness, and moonlit nakedness.
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.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONA man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONThere are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONBuy the ticket, take the ride.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONI hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONSo we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?
HUNTER S. THOMPSONWriting is the flip side of sex – it’s good only when it’s over.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONIn a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONIt was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONAvoid being seized by the police. The cops are not your friends. Don’t tell them anything.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONNever turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONA sense of humor is the main measure of sanity.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONLife has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON