I don’t see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONI 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.
More Hunter S. Thompson Quotes
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On some days you get what you want, and on others, you get what you need.
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With the truth so dull and depressing, the only working alternative is wild bursts of madness and filigree.
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It was one of those fine little love stories that can make you smile in your sleep at night.
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Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.
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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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It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it.
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The only difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have the power to lock up the insane.
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Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life.
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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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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.
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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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A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.
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Freedom, Truth, Honour, you could rattle off a hundred such words and behind every one of them would gather a thousand punks, pompous little farts, waving the banner with one hand and reaching under the table with the other.
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God’s mercy on you degenerate swine.
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There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.
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