I don't see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness. Hunter S. Thompson More Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson More Quotes From Hunter S. Thompson In the meantime, I would drink, rest, and ponder the meaning of this mob. Hunter S. Thompson ponderingdrink He could shake your hand and stab you in the back at the same time. Hunter S. Thompson shakestimehands And that, I think, was the handle--that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn't need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting--on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark--the place where the wave finally broke and rolled back. Hunter S. Thompson militarybeautifulmean Jack Kerouac influenced me quite a bit as a writer... in the Arab sense that the enemy of my enemy was my friend. Hunter S. Thompson bitsmy-friendsenemy The towers are gone now, reduced to bloody rubble, along with all hopes for Peace in Our Time, in the United States or any other country. Make no mistake about it: We are At War now & with somebody & and we will stay At War with that mysterious Enemy for the rest of our lives. Hunter S. Thompson mistakewarcountry We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and - in spite of True Romance magazines - we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. Hunter S. Thompson magazinesromancelooks Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men's reality. Weird heroes and mould-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of 'the rat race' is not yet final. Hunter S. Thompson herolovereality That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didn't entirely conquer - he came as close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed generation. Hunter S. Thompson fategenerationsdifferences Don't judge your taco by its price Hunter S. Thompson tacosjudging We have bigger things to brood on and enormous reasons for wallowing in terminal craziness until we finally hit bottom. Hunter S. Thompson enormouscrazinessreason 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. Hunter S. Thompson goalgivingmen On my tombstone they will carve, "IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME. Hunter S. Thompson motorcycletombstoneenough The massive, frustrated energies of a mainly young, disillusioned electorate that has long since abandoned the idea that we all have a duty to vote. This is like being told you have a duty to buy a new car, but you have to choose immediately between a Ford and a Chevy. Hunter S. Thompson carlongideas The greatest mania of all is passion: and I am a natural slave to passion: the balance between my brain and my soul and my body is as wild and delicate as the skin of a Ming vase. Hunter S. Thompson passionsoulbrain You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands. Hunter S. Thompson funny-lifevegashands These things happen. One day you run everything, and the next day you run like a dog. Hunter S. Thompson next-daydogrunning For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled. Hunter S. Thompson triumphsoulbeauty My first feeling was a wild desire to drive a stake in the sand and claim the place for myself. The beach was white as salt, and cut off from the world by a ring of steep hills that faced the sea. We were on the edge of a large bay and the water was that clear, turquoise color that you get with a white sand bottom. I had never seen such a place. I wanted to take off all my clothes and never wear them again. Hunter S. Thompson cuttingcolorbeach I am not a yachting person, by nature, but I have just enough experience on the sea under sail to feel a certain nostalgia for it when I see a big white racing yacht heeled over at cruising speed on the ocean, and I can still tie a mean bowline knot on just about anything in less than 10 seconds. Hunter S. Thompson oceanseamean Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone. We are legion, and football is often the only thing we have in common. Hunter S. Thompson cuttingpersonalityfootball
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