“Politics is the art of controlling your environment.”
Source: Fear And Loathing In America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist
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Famous Hunter S. Thompson Quotes
“The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs.”
Source: Generation of Swine: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist
Source: The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time
Source: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F
“I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone's imagination.”
“The world is still a weird place, despite my efforts to make clear and perfect sense of it.”
Source: Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream
“All the blood is drained out of democracy - it dies - when only half the population votes.”
Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom
“Democracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn't anticipate.”
Source: Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson
“Yesterday's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why.”
Source: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F
Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness
“I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth.”
Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom
Source: Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist 1968-1976
Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom
“Truth is weirder than any fiction I've seen.”
Source: Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson
“As long as I'm learning something, I figure I'm OK - it's a decent day.”
Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom
Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness
“I don't think that my kind of journalism has ever been universally popular. It's lonely out here.”
Source: Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson
Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness
“Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning.”
Source: Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson
Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness
“There is no fool like a careless gambler who starts taking victory for granted.”
“There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.”
Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness
Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom
“Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist.”
“Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.”
Source: Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson
Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness
“I have always hated bowling, and I don't mind admitting it.”
Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness
“I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side.”
Source: Fear And Loathing In America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist
“I was 22 when JFK was murdered, and I will never recover from it... Never.”
Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward S
“I've already become a mastodon in print - I don't see a consciousness for my kind of journalism.”
Source: Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson
“Nixon was no more a saint than he was a great president.”
Source: Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson
“Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is.”
Source: Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie
Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom
“Richard Nixon was a criminally insane Monster - Bill Clinton is a black-hearted Swine of a friend.”
Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness
Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness
“There might be some serious fun in politics.”
Source: Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson
“Without gambling, I would not exist.”
Source: Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward S