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Famous Hunter S. Thompson Quotes
“Today's pig is tomorrows bacon!”
“A man never stoops so low as when he rises to the challenge of politics.”
“I damn well intend to keep on living the way I think I should.”
“Fear is just another word for ignorance.”
“I keep my mouth shut now. I've turned into a professional coward.”
“If you get people asking the wrong questions, you don't have to worry about the answers.”
“There is nothing Modern about doing dumb things for dumb reasons.”
“I guess I'm just courtly until people get in my way. You'll find most Southerners are like that.”
“Given my calling I had to stumble across people who felt the same way. I was a young reporter.”
“My greatest talent is in my ability to choose good friends. It's about as important as things get.”
“The first impression is always the right one. I rarely change my mind upward about people.”
“I think George Washington owned guns. I've never seen any contradiction with that.”
“If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up.”
“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.”
“Buy the ticket, take the ride.”
“For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.”
“I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.”