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Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

Total quotes: 20
“So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?”
— Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
Tagged: Reading, Novels, Literature, Readers, Bravery
“They say that he who flies highest, falls farthest. But we can’t forget that he who doesn’t flap his wings, never flies at all.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
Tagged: Taking Risks, risk takers, Opportunity, chances, Decisions
“Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run... but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant...”
— Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Tagged: underlying reasons, Reasons, alive, Living, Someone Special, someone, Life, surviving, breathing
“Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, No Title
Tagged: Excitment, Taking Risks, Taking Chances, Enjoying Life
“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance... You have no choice but to accept things as they are, or to seriously seek something else… But you say, ‘I don’t know where to look; I don’t know what to look for.‘ And there’s the crux. Is it worth giving up what I have to look for something better? I don’t know—is it? Who can make that decision but you? But even by DECIDING TO LOOK, you go a long way toward making the choice.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
Tagged: Life, Decision-Making, Decisions, Self-Reliance, Choosing, life choices, Experience, Independence, Self-Trust
“It was one of those fine little love stories that can make you smile in your sleep at night.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
Tagged: Stories, Story, Love Stories, Love Story, romantic story, feeling alive, Feelings of Love, Love
“If you’re going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you’re going to be locked up.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, Hunter S. Thompson: Surprised he's still here
Tagged: Doing What You Want, human actions, Actions towards, Living, Life
“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, Hunter S. Thompson
Tagged: Drugs, Gonzo, Vices
“The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
Tagged: Insanity, humans
“Good people drink good beer.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Tagged: Drinking, Beer, Alcohol
“All my life, my heart has sought a thing I cannot name.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
Tagged: Desire, Life
“The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in America
Tagged: Journalism, fiction, fiction vs. journalism, News, Media, Reporting
“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. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but essentially, and finally, alone.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway
Tagged: Alone, Lonely, Death
“Let’s assume that you think you have a choice of eight paths to follow (all pre-defined paths, of course). And let’s assume that you can’t see any real purpose in any of the eight. THEN — and here is the essence of all I’ve said — you MUST FIND A NINTH PATH.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, On Finding Your Purpose: An Extraordinary Letter by Hunter S. Thompson
Tagged: purpose, Life
“Writing is the flip side of sex - it’s good only when it’s over.”
— Hunter S. Thompson
Tagged: Writing, Sex, Pleasure
“I am the prototype, the perfect American. Half out of control, violent, drunk, high on drugs, carrying a .44 Magnum. Rather than being strange, I may be the embodiment of the national character... all the twisted notions that have made this country the beast it is.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, Playboy
Tagged: America, Identity, Perfectly Psycho America
“We shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely—at least, not all the time—but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and 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. Thompson, The Proud Highway
Tagged: An Introverted Mind
“Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear
Tagged: Music, Hunter S. Thompson
“But don’t misunderstand me. I don’t mean that we can’t BE firemen, bankers, or doctors — but that we must make the goal conform to the individual, rather than make the individual conform to the goal. In every man, heredity and environment have combined to produce a creature of certain abilities and desires — including a deeply ingrained need to function in such a way that his life will be MEANINGFUL. A man has to BE something; he has to matter.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, On Finding Your Purpose: An Extraordinary Letter by Hunter S. Thompson
Tagged: purpose, Life
“Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is. They are addicts, and they are guilty and they do lie and cheat and steal — like all junkies. And when they get in a frenzy, they will sacrifice anything and anybody to feed their cruel and stupid habit, and there is no cure for it. That is addictive thinking. That is politics — especially in presidential campaigns. That is when the addicts seize the high ground. They care about nothing else. They are salmon, and they must spawn. They are addicts.”
— Hunter S. Thompson, Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie
Tagged: Politics, political, Addiction, Sociology, Addicts
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