Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

514 quotes · Journalist, Author

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Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

All Angry Funny Philosophical Spiritual Wise 514 quotes · page 26 of 43

Hunter S. Thompson

Journalist, Author

Funny

“Bill Clinton does not inhale marijuana, right? You bet. Like I chew on LSD but I don't swallow it.'”

Doe Bills Marijuana

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Hunter S. Thompson

Journalist, Author

Inspired

“Luck is a very thin wire between survival and disaster, and not many people can keep their balance on it.”

People Luck Funny Life

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Angry

“The mind & body must be subjected to extreme stimulus, by means of drugs & music.”

Mean Mind

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Proud

“A man has to BE something; he has to matter.”

Men Matter

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Angry

“The car suddenly veered off the road and we came to a sliding halt in the gravel. I was hurled against the dashboard. My attorney was slumped over the wheel. “What’s wrong?” I yelled. “We can’t stop here. This is bat country!”

Country Car Bats

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Hopeful

“Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men's reality. Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of 'the rat race' is not yet final.”

Love Reality Hero

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Lonely

“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and - in spite of True Romance magazines - we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way.”

Looks Romance Magazines

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Wise

“Smart people understand that there is no such thing as paranoia. It is just another mask for ignorance.”

Ignorance Mask Paranoia

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Spiritual

“The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station.”

Men Vegas Fear And Loathing

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Philosophical

“"Drugs" are not necessarily narcotics. The narcotic is one type of drug and coffee is a drug... booze is a drug... many drugs.... They're all around us.”

Drug Coffee Type

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Lonely

“North Vegas is where you go if you're a hooker turning forty and the syndicate men on the strip decide you're no longer much good for business out there with the high rollers.”

Men Vegas Syndicate

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Angry

“In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile - and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: Not necessarily to Win, but mainly to keep from Losing Completely.”

Winning Sheep Pigs

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