He could shake your hand and stab you in the back at the same time. Hunter S. Thompson More Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson More Quotes From Hunter S. Thompson Fear is a healthy instinct, not a sign of weakness. It is a natural self-defense mechanism that is common to felines, wolves, hyenas, and most humans. Even fruit bats know fear, and I salute them for it. If you think the world is weird now, imagine how weird it would be if wild beasts had no fear. Hunter S. Thompson healthyselfthinking Call on God, but row away from the rocks. Hunter S. Thompson humorfaithinspirational As your attorney, it is my duty to inform you that it is not important that you understand what I'm doing or why you're paying me so much money. What's important is that you continue to do so. Hunter S. Thompson whats-importantdutyimportant Most of my friends are into strange things I don't really understand - and with a few shameful exceptions I wish them all well. Who am I, after all, to tell some friend he shouldn't change his name to Oliver High, get rid of his family, and join a Satanism cult in Seattle? Or to argue with another friend who wants to buy a single-shot Remington Fireball so he can go out and shoot cops from a safe distance? Hunter S. Thompson distancenameswish It's in my interest, in ours perhaps, or maybe the interests of the greater good, for me to smoke a joint, and calm down. Hunter S. Thompson jointscalminterest There is something fresh and crisp about the first hours of a Caribbean day, a happy anticipation that something is about to happen, maybe just up the street or around the next corner. Hunter S. Thompson nextanticipationfirsts Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors. Hunter S. Thompson warriordesignlong 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. Hunter S. Thompson lonelinessstrongwriting We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear—fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, fear of getting down-sized or fired because of the plunging economy, fear of getting evicted for bad debts or suddenly getting locked up in a military detention camp on vague charges of being a Terrorist sympathizer. Hunter S. Thompson debtmilitarywar Some may never live, but the crazy never die. Hunter S. Thompson crazyepicmay I will fight for your right to be weird- just as I know you will fight for mine. Hunter S. Thompson minesfightingepic I never knew where I was going, but I ripped the tits off of everything that got in my way. By the time they figured me out, it was too late. Hunter S. Thompson rippedtoo-lateway Freedom, Truth, Honour you could rattle off a hundred such words and behind every one of them would gather a thousand punks, pompous little farts, waving the banner with one hand and reaching under the table with the other. Hunter S. Thompson honour-youtableshands 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 rhythmobviousmen The Edge...There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others-the living-are those who pushed their control as far as they felt they could handle it, and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later. But the edge is still Out there. Hunter S. Thompson huntersgonepeople I have warned many times about the guaranteed dangers of betting with your heart instead of your head - big darkness, soon come - but every once in a while you get a fair chance to have it both ways, and the annual NCAA basketball Tournament is one of them. Hunter S. Thompson ncaabasketballheart I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. Indeed. The real world is risky territory for people with generosity of spirit. Beware. Hunter S. Thompson generous-manrealmen It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids. Hunter S. Thompson mermaidpoolfall All political power comes from the barrel of either guns, pussy, or opium pipes, and people seem to like it that way. Hunter S. Thompson politicalgunpeople We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world — a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just Whores for power and oil, but killer whores with hate and fear in our hearts. Hunter S. Thompson hateeyeheart
