All political power comes from the barrel of either guns, pussy, or opium pipes, and people seem to like it that way.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONNever fire a warning shot. It is a waste of ammunition.
More Hunter S. Thompson Quotes
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I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
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As long as I’m learning something, I figure I’m OK – it’s a decent day.
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God’s mercy on you degenerate swine.
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I will fight for your right to be weird- just as I know you will fight for mine.
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Wake up and ponder the future.
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I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone’s imagination.
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When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
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Ah, lives there a man with soul so dead, who never to himself hath said As he hunched and rolled in his comfortable bed: To hell with the rent . . . I’ll drink instead!
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For a loser, Vegas is the meanest town on earth.
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My greatest talent is in my ability to choose good friends. It’s about as important as things get.
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I knew a Buddhist once, and I’ve hated myself ever since.
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Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.
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It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.
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I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me.
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I 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.
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