Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson US journalist (1939 - 2005)


Hunter S. Thompson - The Proud Highway
- A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.

Hunter S. Thompson - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- As your attorney i advise you to take a hit out of the small brown bottle in my shaving kit.

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- When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

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- In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile.

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- No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

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- A word to the wise is infuriating.

Hunter S. Thompson - Kingdom of Fear
- Being shot out of a cannon is always better than being squeezed through a tube.

Hunter S. Thompson - Kingdom of Fear
- Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.

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- He who makes a beast of himself relieves himself the pain of being a man.

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- It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.

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- A cap of good acid costs five dollars and for that you can hear the Universal Symphony with God singing solo and the Holy Ghost on drums.

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- Objective journalism is one of the main reasons American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long.

Hunter S. Thompson - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

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- I have a theory that the truth is never told during the 9 to 5 hours.

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- I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.

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- A cap of good acid costs five dollars and for that you can hear the Universal Symphony with God singing solo and the Holy Ghost on drums.

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- Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect.

Hunter S. Thompson - Generation of Swine
- If there is, in fact, a Heaven and a Hell, all we know for sure is that Hell will be a viciously overcrowded version of Phoenix...

Hunter S. Thompson - "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
- Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas ... with the music at top volume and at least a pint of ether.