Hunter S. Thompson Quotes — Page 23

Journalist, Author

Angry

“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.”

Way Too Late Ripped

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Hunter S. Thompson

Journalist, Author

Angry

“I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me”

Writing Money Epic

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Angry

“We can't stop here, this is bat country!”

Country Vegas

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Thoughtful

“In the meantime, I would drink, rest, and ponder the meaning of this mob.”

Drink Pondering

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Motivated

“I haven't found a drug yet that can get you anywhere near as high as a sitting at a desk writing, trying to imagine a story no matter how bizarre it is, [or] going out and getting into the weirdness of reality and doing a little time on the Proud Highway.”

Writing Reality Drug

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Angry

“Justice is expensive in America. There are no Free Passes... You might want to remember this, the next time you get careless and blow off a few Parking Tickets. They will come back to haunt you the next time you see a Cop car in your rear-view mirror.”

Views Mirrors Blow

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Creative

“I am a road man for the lords of karma.”

Men Lord

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Regretful

“You can’t play city rules when you live in a jungle.”

Play Cities

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Determined

“As I see it then, the formula runs something like this: a man must choose a path which will let his ABILITIES function at maximum efficiency toward the gratification of his DESIRES.”

Men Running Desire

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Funny

“Sex, drugs, and insanity have always worked for me, but I wouldn't recommend them for everyone.”

Sex Insanity Hippie

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Determined

“As things stand now, I am going to be a writer. I'm not sure that I'm going to be a good one or even a self-supporting one, but until the dark thumb of fate presses me to the dust and says 'you are nothing', I will be a writer.”

Writing Dark Fate

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Courageous

“In the terms of our Great Society the Hell's Angels and their ilk are losers - dropouts, failures and malcontents. They are rejects looking for a way to get even with a world in which they are only a problem.The Hell's Angels are not visionaries, but diehards, and if they are the forerunners or the vanguard of anything it is not the "moral revolution" in vogue on college campuses, but a fast-growing legion of young unemployables whose untapped energy will inevitably find the same kind of destructive outlet that "outlaws" like the Hell's Angels have been finding for years.”

Years College Angel

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