When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONWhen the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONI was never trying, necessarily, to be an outlaw. It was just the place in which I found myself.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONDon’t judge your taco by its price.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONIf 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.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONLiberalism itself has failed, and for a pretty good reason. It has been too often compromised by the people who represented it.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONThe 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.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONBeware of looking for goals: look for a way of life.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONYesterday’s weirdness is tomorrow’s reason why.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONI don’t see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.
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. THOMPSONAs long as I’m learning something, I figure I’m OK – it’s a decent day.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONThere is something fresh and crisp about the first hours of a Caribbean day, a happy anticipation that something is about to happen, maybe just up the street or around the next corner.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONAvoid being seized by the police. The cops are not your friends. Don’t tell them anything.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONNever fire a warning shot. It is a waste of ammunition.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONMy greatest talent is in my ability to choose good friends. It’s about as important as things get.
HUNTER S. THOMPSONOn some days you get what you want, and on others, you get what you need.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON