Hunter S. Thompson quotes

Hunter S. Thompson was an American journalist and author, best known as the founder of Gonzo journalism. His unconventional style blended fact and fiction, challenging traditional reporting. He became a countercultural icon known for his wild lifestyle and incisive cultural critiques. Here are 386 of his quotes:

Fear is just another word for ignorance. (Hunter S. Thompson)
I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours. View quote
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If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism. View quote
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When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. View quote
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If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you're going to be locked up. View quote
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You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands. View quote
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Politics is the Art of Controlling Your Enviroment. View quote
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Pray to God, but row away from the rocks. View quote
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I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. View quote
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Buy the ticket, take the ride. View quote
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Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent. (Hunter S. Thompson)
Good people drink good beer. View quote
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It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top. View quote
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Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect. View quote
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Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "Wow what a ride! View quote
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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. View quote
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The only difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have the power to lock up the insane. View quote
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You can't miss what you never had. View quote
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Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long. View quote
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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. View quote
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The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason. (Hunter S. Thompson)
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled. View quote
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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. View quote
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A word to the wise is infuriating. View quote
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The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs. View quote
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