I guess I'm just courtly until people get in my way. You'll find most Southerners are like that. Hunter S. Thompson More Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson More Quotes From Hunter S. Thompson America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable. Hunter S. Thompson qualms-aboutguntwo When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. Hunter S. Thompson huntingmusicsports Those who fail to learn from the brutal stompings visited on them in the past are doomed to be brutally stomped in the future. Hunter S. Thompson stompingfailingpast My greatest talent is in my ability to choose good friends. It's about as important as things get. Hunter S. Thompson good-friendtalentimportant Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish - a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to live out where the real winds blow - to sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested... Res ipsa loquitur. Let the good times roll. Hunter S. Thompson falling-in-lovehatefun In Hong Kong, Dallas, or at home —and regardless of whether or not I have been to bed — breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess. The food factor should always be massive: four Bloody Marys, two grapefruits, a pot of coffee, Rangoon crepes, a half pound of either sausage, bacon, or corned beef hash with diced chilies , a Spanish omelette or eggs Benedict, a quart of milk, a chopped lemon for random seasoning, and something like a slice of Key lime pie, two margaritas, and six lines of the best cocaine for dessert. Hunter S. Thompson eggscoffeetwo I believe the Republicans have never thought that democracy was anything but a tribal myth. Hunter S. Thompson republicandemocracybelieve You won't find reasonable men on the tops of tall mountains. Hunter S. Thompson reasonablemountainmen I drink much less than most people think, and I think much more than most people would believe. I am quite sincere about some of the things which people take very lightly, and almost insultingly unconcerned about some of the things which people take most seriously. In short, I am basically antisocial: certainly not to an alarming degree , but just more so than I appear to be. Hunter S. Thompson believepeoplethinking They say that "he who flies highest, falls farthest" - and who am I to argue? But we can't forget that "he who doesn't flap his wings, never flies at all". Hunter S. Thompson arguingwingsfall And in fact the only way I can deal with this eerie situation at all is to make a conscious decision that I have already lived and finished the life I planned to live - and everything from now on will be A New Life, a different thing, a gig that ends tonight and starts tomorrow morning. Hunter S. Thompson eeriedecisionmorning Words are such a poor medium when you really want someone to feel something. Hunter S. Thompson mediumspoorwant In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. Hunter S. Thompson las-vegasphilosophicalstupid Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run, but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant. Hunter S. Thompson knowingrunningmemories Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Hunter S. Thompson lonelinessyesterdaythinking I just usually go with my own taste. If I like something, and it happens to be against the law, well, then I might have a problem. Hunter S. Thompson tastelawmight I miss Nixon. Compared to these Nazis we have in the White House now, Richard Nixon was a flaming liberal. Hunter S. Thompson missingwhitehouse 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. Hunter S. Thompson goalwantlooks In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. Hunter S. Thompson fear-and-loathingfinding-peaceworld Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed. Hunter S. Thompson atheismfearmight
