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Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.

Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.

Hunter S. Thompson
Life, Fun, Epic

I will fight for your right to be weird- just as I know you will fight for mine.

Hunter S. Thompson
Fighting, Epic, Mines
Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Better Than Sex: Confessions of a Political Junkie”, Ballantine Books

Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.

Hunter S. Thompson
Epic, Used, Dies
Hunter S. Thompson, Beef Torrey, Kevin Simonson (2008). “Conversations with Hunter S. Thompson”, p.192, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Some may never live, but the crazy never die.

Hunter S. Thompson
Crazy, Epic, May
"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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
Life, Epic, Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson (2010). “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream”, p.89, Vintage

Sex without love is as hollow and ridiculous as love without sex.

Hunter S. Thompson
Sex, Epic, Love Is
Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967”, p.124, Ballantine Books

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
Inspirational, Crazy, Epic
Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Ancient Gonzo Wisdom”, p.372, Pan Macmillan

I understand that fear is my friend, but not always. Never turn your back on Fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed. My father taught me that, along with a few other things that have kept my life interesting.

Hunter S. Thompson
Father, Epic, Interesting
Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat sh** and die.

Hunter S. Thompson
Epic, People, Fear And Loathing
Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Generation of Swine: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me

Hunter S. Thompson
Money, Writing, Epic
Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967”, p.106, Ballantine Books

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.

Hunter S. Thompson
Inspirational, Crazy, Epic
Hunter S. Thompson (2003). “The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time”, p.530, Simon and Schuster

I feel the same way about disco as I do about herpes.

Hunter S. Thompson
Epic, Hunters, Way
Speech given to the University of Colorado Student Union, November 1, 1977.

A word to the wise is infuriating.

Hunter S. Thompson
Wise, Communication, Epic

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

Hunter S. Thompson
Epic, Fear And Loathing, Citizens
"Fictional character: Raoul Duke". "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", www.imdb.com. 1998.

A man can live on his wits and his balls for only so long.

Hunter S. Thompson
Epic, Men, Long
Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “The Rum Diary: Film Tie-in Edition”, p.47, A&C Black

With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms.

Hunter S. Thompson
Epic, Race, Modern Journalism
"Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72". Book by Hunter S. Thompson, 1973.

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