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Hunter S. Thompson was an American journalist, writer, and editor, known for his unique writing style and coverage of the hippie culture. His work often featured first-person narration, filled with adventure and rebellious spirit. Thompson was praised for his deep insights into political and social issues and is considered a pioneer of 'New Journalism'.

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Famous Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

“I have long admired Ron Whitehead. He is crazy as nine loons, and his poetry is a dazzling mix of folk wisdom and pure mathematics”

Long Crazy Pure Mathematics Folks Nine Poetry Is Dazzling

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“Human beings are the only creatures on earth that claim a God and the only thing that behaves like it hasn't got one.”

Humans Earth Human Beings Creatures Claims Behave

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“There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.”

Challenges Risk Dangerous Police Police Power

Book:Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F

Source: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F

“Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life.”

Way Want Looks Goal Can Do

Book:Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

Source: Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

“I measure my life in pages. If I have pages at dawn, it's been a good night.”

Ifs Night Pages Dawn Good Night

Book:Ancient Gonzo Wisdom

Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom

“To give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume to point a man to the right and ultimate goal - to point with a trembling finger in the RIGHT direction is something only a fool would take upon himself.”

Men Giving Asks Goal Advice Fool Ultimate Fingers Trembling Right Direction Ultimate Goal Egomania

Author:Hunter S. Thompson

“The thing that was important to me about Hemingway at the time was that Hemingway taught me that you could be a writer and get away with it.”

Author:Hunter S. Thompson

“Bill Clinton does not inhale marijuana, right? You bet. Like I chew on LSD but I don't swallow it.'”

Doe Bills Clinton Marijuana Lsd Inhale

Book:Better Than Sex

Source: Better Than Sex

“A little bit of this town goes a very long way.”

Way Littles Long Bits Little Bit Towns Long Way Las Vegas

Book:Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

Source: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

“Sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind but falling in love and not getting arrested.”

“The association of motorcycles with LSD is no accident of publicity. They are both a means to an end, to the place of definitions.”

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Book:Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream

Source: Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream

“Stay naked as much as possible, but do not impose your orgiastic will on others. Don't have sex in the lobby - it's usually awkward.”

Sex Naked Awkward

Author:Hunter S. Thompson

“No one HAS to do something he doesn’t want to do for the rest of his life. But then again, if that’s what you wind up doing, by all means convince yourself that you HAD to do it. You’ll have lots of company.”

Ifs Want Mean Company Wind Convince

Author:Hunter S. Thompson

“In some circles, the Mint 400 is a far, far better thing than the Superbowl, the Kentucky Derby, and the lower Oakland roller derby finals all rolled into one. This race attracts a very special breed.”

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Book:Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

Source: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

“All advice can only be a product of the man who gives it.”

Men Giving Advice He Man Products

Book:The Proud Highway: Rejacketed

Source: The Proud Highway: Rejacketed

“If you work in either journalism or politics... you will be flogged for being right and flogged for being wrong, and it hurts both ways-but it doesn't hurt as much when you're right.”

Ifs Way Hurt Newspapers Journalism It Hurts Being Wrong

Book:Generation of Swine: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist

Source: Generation of Swine: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist

“But I am in the gambling business, for good or ill; it is the business I have chosen, and the only governing rule that we all recognize is: always sit close to an exit and never trust a man who doesn't sweat.”

Men Ill Chosen Gambling Sweat Governing Exit Never Trust Never Trust A Man

Book:Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream

Source: Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream

“Revenge is one of the few things in politics that never gets lost in the mail or written off for a dime on the dollar like losers' campaign debts or pledges to help the Poor.”

Helping Politics Lost Poor Written Dollars Debt Revenge Campaigns Loser Mail Pledge Dimes Help The Poor

Book:Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream

Source: Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream

“I am a writer, a professional journalist with serious credentials in Crime, Craziness, and Politics. I have mingled with dangerous criminals and attended many trials . . . from Hell's Angels, Black Panthers and Chicano street fighters to Roxanne Pulitzer and even Richard Nixon, back in the good old days before he was run out of the White House for fraud, perjury, graft, and criminal negligence.”

Source: Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream

“Gonzo journalism is a style of reporting based on William Faulkner's idea that the best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism.”

Kind Ideas Fiction Style Journalism Gonzo Gonzo Journalism

Author:Hunter S. Thompson

“it's 12 amyl nitrites (one box), in conjunction with as many beers as necessary.”

Boxes Beer Hangover Conjunctions

Author:Hunter S. Thompson

“The most important thing a writer can have [is] the ability to live with the constant loneliness and a strong sense of revulsion for the banalities of everyday socializing.”

Writing Important Strong Ability Loneliness Important Things Constant Everyday Banality Socializing Revulsion

Book:Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

Source: Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

“There is probably some long-standing "rule" among writers, journalists, and other word-mongers that says: "When you start stealing from your own work you're in bad trouble." And it may be true.”

Writing May Long Trouble Standing Stealing Being True Journalist

Book:Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson

Source: Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson

About the Author

Born: July 18, 1937
Died: February 20, 2005
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 573

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