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Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

Hunter S. Thompson quotes about life

American Journalist, Writer July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005

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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. Hunter S. Thompson
Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and misfits -- a false doorway to the backside of life, a filthy piss-ridden little hole nailed off by the building inspector, but just deep enough for a wino to curl up from the sidewalk and masturbate like a chimp in a zoo-cage. Hunter S. Thompson
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow! What a ride! Hunter S. Thompson
No matter how much I wanted all those things that I needed money to buy, there was some devilish current pushing me off in another direction -- toward anarchy and poverty and craziness. That maddening delusion that a man can lead a decent life without hiring himself out as a Judas Goat. Hunter S. Thompson
The prevailing quality of life in America -- by any accepted methods of measuring -- was unarguably freer and more politically open under Nixon than it is today in this evil year of Our Lord 2002. Hunter S. Thompson
But our trip was different. It was a classic affirmation of everything right and true and decent in the national character. It was a gross, physical salute to the fantastic possibilities of life in this country-but only for those with true grit. And we were chock full of that. Hunter S. Thompson
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
She was wearing the same clothes, but now she looked haggard and dirty. The delicate illusions that get us through life can only stand so much strain. Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson quote: "All my life, my heart has sought a thing I cannot name...."
All my life, my heart has sought a thing I cannot name. Remembered line from a long-forgotten poem Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson quote: "You can't hoard fun. It has no shelf life."
You can't hoard fun. It has no shelf life. Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson quote: "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced..."
Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously. Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson quote: "It was obvious that he was a man who marched through life to..."
It was obvious that he was a man who marched through life to the rhythms of some drum I would never hear. Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter S. Thompson quote: "The waitress had the appearance of a very old hooker who had..."
The waitress had the appearance of a very old hooker who had finally found her place in life Hunter S. Thompson

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