Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson

Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning.

As long as Im learning something, I figure Im OK - its a decent day.

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.

I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyones imagination.

The mind of America is seized by a fatal dry rot - and its only a question of time before all that the mind controls will run amuck in a frenzy of stupid, impotent fear.

Good news is rare these days, and every glittering ounce of it should be cherished and hoarded and worshipped and fondled like a priceless diamond.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

The only difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have the power to lock up the insane.

Buy the ticket, take the ride.

I have warned many times about the guaranteed dangers of betting with your heart instead of your head - big darkness, soon come - but every once in a while you get a fair chance to have it both ways, and the annual NCAA basketball Tournament is one of them.

Marathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running shoes. But running is unique in that the worlds best racers are on the same course, at the same time, as amateurs, who have as much chance of winning as your average weekend warrior would scoring a touchdown in the NFL.

There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and being Smart.

There is no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment.

Truth is weirder than any fiction Ive seen.

I think Im one of the most patriotic people that Ive 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.

Crazy is a term of art; Insane is a term of law. Remember that, and you will save yourself a lot of trouble.

Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long.

Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

There might be some serious fun in politics.