Hunter S. Thompson quotes - page 3

What passed for society was a loud, giddy whirl of thieves and pretentious hustlers, a dull sideshow full of quacks and clowns and philistines with gimp mentalities. (Hunter S. Thompson)
Once I establish credit, I may be able to function. A man needs credit. Especially when he has no money. View quote
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He could shake your hand and stab you in the back at the same time. View quote
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The massive, frustrated energies of a mainly young, disillusioned electorate that has long since abandoned the idea that we all have a duty to vote. This is like being told you have a duty to buy a new car, but you have to choose immediately between a Ford and a Chevy. View quote
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If we get chased out of Iraq with our tail between our legs, that will be the fifth consecutive Third-world country with no hint of a Navy or an Air Force to have whipped us in the past 40 years. View quote
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The room was very quiet. I walked over to the TV set and turned it on to a dead channel-white noise at maximum decibels, a fine sound for sleeping, a powerful continuous hiss to drown out everything strange. View quote
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Why are we seeing George Bush on TV every two hours for nine or ten days at a time, like some kind of mutated Mr. Rogers clone? Something is dangerously wrong in any country where a monumentally-failed backwoods politician can scare our national TV networks so totally that they will give him anything he wants. View quote
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The waitress had the appearance of a very old hooker who had finally found her place in life. View quote
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All energy flows according to the whims of the great Magnet. What a fool I was to defy him. View quote
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Still humping the American Dream. View quote
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Bush is a natural-born loser with a filthy-rich daddy who pimped his son out to rich oil-mongers. He hates music, football and sex, in no particular order, and he is no fun at all. (Hunter S. Thompson)
My blood is too thick for California: I have never been able to properly explain myself in this climate. View quote
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I may sound a little black, but I'm really pretty well adjusted. View quote
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There was no time for scholarly details, and, besides, I have always believed that a man can fairly be judged by the standards and taste of his choices in matters of high-level plagiarism. View quote
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You took too much man, too much, too much. View quote
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It was wonderful, a stunning happy ending to what began as just another tragic rock & roll story, as if Bob Dylan had been arrested in Miami for jacking off in a seedy little XXX theater while stroking the spine of a fat young boy. View quote
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The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. View quote
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Who said anything about slicing you up? ... I just wanted to carve a little Z on your forehead-- nothing serious. View quote
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Jesus! Did I SAY that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me? I glanced over at my attorney, but he seemed oblivious... View quote
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I knew a Buddhist once, and I've hated myself ever since. The whole thing was a failure. View quote
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How long can we maintain? I wonder. How long before one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy? What will he think then? This same lonely desert was the last known home of the Manson family. Will he make that grim connection.. (Hunter S. Thompson)
Which is not really a hell of a lot to ask, Lord, because the final incredible truth is that I am not guilty. All I did was take your gibberish seriously... and you see where it got me? My primitive Christian instincts have made me a criminal. View quote
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Platitudes are safe, because they're easy to wink at, but truth is something else again. View quote
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What? No. We can't stop here. This is bat country. View quote
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With a bit of luck, his life was ruined forever. Always thinking that just behind some narrow door in all of his favorite bars, men in red woolen shirts are getting incredible kicks from things he'll never know. View quote
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