The only difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have the power to lock up the insane.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONI was never trying, necessarily, to be an outlaw. It was just the place in which I found myself.
More Hunter S. Thompson Quotes
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I am surprised and embarrassed to be a part of the first American generation to leave the country in far worse shape than it was when we first came into it.
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There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.
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For a loser, Vegas is the meanest town on earth.
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I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
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If there is in fact, a heaven and a hell, all we know for sure is that hell will be a viciously overcrowded version of Phoenix.
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All the blood is drained out of democracy – it dies – when only half the population votes.
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On some nights, I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.
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Sex without love is as hollow and ridiculous as love without sex.
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Avoid being seized by the police. The cops are not your friends. Don’t tell them anything.
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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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Never fire a warning shot. It is a waste of ammunition.
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Sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind but falling in love and not getting arrested.
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As 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.
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The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot – and it’s only a question of time before all that the mind controls will run amuck in a frenzy of stupid, impotent fear.
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Yesterday’s weirdness is tomorrow’s reason why.
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