Hunter S. Thompson

I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing.

Hunter S. Thompson

I’m a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.

Hunter S. Thompson

I’m a word freak. I like words. I’ve always compared writing to music. That’s the way I feel about good paragraphs. When it really works, it’s like music.

Hunter S. Thompson

If you can’t make yourself understood by your friends, you’ll be in trouble when your enemies come for you.

Hunter S. Thompson

If you consider the great journalists in history, you don’t see too many objective journalists on that list.

Hunter S. Thompson

If you’re going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you’re going to be locked up.

Hunter S. Thompson

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

In a nervous society where a man’s image is frequently more important than his reality, the only people who can afford to advertise their drug menus are those with nothing to lose.

Hunter S. Thompson

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

It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it.

Hunter S. Thompson