I measure my life in pages. If I have pages at dawn, it's been a good night. Hunter S. Thompson More Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson More Quotes From Hunter S. Thompson If there is in fact, a heaven and a hell, all we know for sure is that hell will be a viciously overcrowded version of Phoenix. Hunter S. Thompson phoenixheavenfacts I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I still think of it as a basic staple of life, along with beer and ice and grapefruits - and millions of Americans agree with me. Hunter S. Thompson weedbeerthinking An outlaw can be defined as somebody who lives outside the law, beyond the law and not necessarily against it. Hunter S. Thompson outlawdefinedlaw No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride...and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well...maybe chalk it off to forced conscious expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten. Hunter S. Thompson las-vegasepiclife Avoid being seized by the police. The cops are not your friends. Don't tell them anything. Hunter S. Thompson coppolice We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can. Hunter S. Thompson vegasdrugtwo Anything worth doing is worth doing well. Hunter S. Thompson qualityexcellenceperfection I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright... Or maybe "stupid" is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. 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. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I. Hunter S. Thompson stupidlongjesus Wake up and ponder the future Hunter S. Thompson homesickwake-uptravel I don't mean to say that I'm about to state my credo here on this page, but merely to affirm, sincerely for the first time in my life, my belief in man as an individual and independent entity. Certainly not independence in the everyday sense of the word, but pertaining to a freedom and mobility of thought that few people are able - or even have the courage - to achieve. Hunter S. Thompson independentmenmean The first impression is always the right one. I rarely change my mind upward about people. Hunter S. Thompson first-impressionmindpeople I damn well intend to keep on living the way I think I should. Hunter S. Thompson shouldwaythinking I think I'm one of the most patriotic people that I've ever encountered in America. I consider myself a bedrock patriot. I participate very actively in local politics, because my voice might be worthwhile. I participate in a meaningful way - not by donations; I work at it. Hunter S. Thompson patrioticmeaningfulthinking It will be a Religious War, a sort of Christian Jihad, fueled by religious hatred and led by merciless fanatics on both sides. It will be guerilla warfare on a global scale, with no front lines and no identifiable enemy. Hunter S. Thompson religiouschristianwar Good mescaline comes on slow. The first hour is all waiting, then about halfway through the second hour you start cursing the creep who burned you, because nothing is happening...and then ZANG! Hunter S. Thompson loathingwaitingfirsts There is an ancient Celtic axiom that says 'Good people drink good beer.' Which is true, then as now. Just look around you in any public barroom and you will quickly see: Bad people drink bad beer. Think about it. Hunter S. Thompson drinkingbeerfunny It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat sh** and die. Hunter S. Thompson fear-and-loathingepicpeople All we have to do is get out and vote, while it's still legal, and we will wash those crooked warmongers out of the White House. Hunter S. Thompson votingwhitehouse That is the problem with this rich and anguished generation. Somewhere a long time ago they fell in love with the idea that politicians- even the slickest and brightest presidential candidates- were real heroes and truly exciting people. That is wrong on its face. They are mainly dull people with corrupt instincts and criminal children. Hunter S. Thompson realherochildren I didn't know Johnny Depp could act until he played me. Hunter S. Thompson knows
