The best Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson

The best Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author who founded the gonzo journalism movement.

There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and being Smart.
I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
Some may never live, but the crazy never die.
Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.

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Ah, devil ether. It makes you behave like the village drunkard in some early Irish novel. Total loss of all basic motor function. Blurred vision, no balance, numb tongue. The mind recoils in horror, unable to communicate with the spinal column.
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We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can.
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We can't stop here! This is bat country!
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The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion real live here in only the most temporary way.
Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.
Late afternoon on the West Coast ends with the sky doing all its brilliant stuff.
To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves - there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.
I have always wanted a swimming pool and never had one.
Every once in a while, it's important to adjust your altitude.
Welcome to colorful Colorado!
You don't need missionaries in Colorado; you got Colorado.
Colorado - fresh air and fond memories served daily.
Colorado - Switzerland of America.
Moving out to the 'burbs. Actually, I'm moving further than the 'burbs. I'm moving to Colorado.
Michael Scott in The Office - Season 7 Episode 20
I grew up in Kentucky, but I did not grow up like that. I didn't have to shoot my dinner or anything.
I have never in my life seen a Kentuckian who didn’t have a gun, a pack of cards, and a jug of whiskey.
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You can't be an a-shole and a losing coach. In Kentucky, baby, winning cures all.
Opal Lowry in Hoops - Season 1 Episode 1
I was a very quiet, shy child. I grew up in a small town, Louisville, Kentucky, and there weren't too many Hawaiian-Filipino girls, so I stuck out like a sore thumb. I didn't look like everyone else and didn't feel I belonged... But these things only build character and make you stronger. It taught me to grow into the woman I was to become.
They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Kentucky - and that's pretty much the same thing.
There are many people in the country today who, through no fault of their own, are sane. Some of them were born sane. Some of them became sane later in their lives.
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I'm not crazy - my reality is just different from yours.
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There is a place like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger. Some say to survive it, you need to be as mad as a hatter.
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The world is the board, Heiress. We just have to keep rolling the dice.
To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems!
Homer Simpson in The Simpsons - Season 8 Episode 18
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Don't do drugs, don't have unprotected sex, don't be violent... leave that to me.
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Even in the darkness, diamonds still shine.
Girl from Nowhere - Season 1 Episode 3
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One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.
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