Famous Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson

“So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?”

“Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.”

“On some days you get what you want, and on others, you get what you need.”

A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.

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

Buy the ticket, take the ride.

I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.

I want to be left alone, but I want to be noticed.

The edge is a dangerous place to be, but it's the only place to be if you're trying to get anywhere.

The only thing that matters is what's ahead.

We can't stop here. This is bat country!

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

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

I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone’s imagination.

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming 'Wow! What a Ride!'

The only honest response to the horrors of life is to laugh, and laugh loudly.

Good people drink good beer.

Not a word of this is true, but it’s exactly how things are.

Some may never live, but the crazy never die.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

Too weird to live, too rare to die.

There’s no such thing as a free lunch.

You can't make a mistake when you're in the middle of a good time.

Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink inordinate amounts of beer.