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"...Some Go This Way,
And Some Go That Way.
But I Prefer,
The Short! Cut!..."
-The Cheshire Cat

Quotes I Like, but not Hunter Thompson

The world is but a place of shadows. The guest pauses for but a few nights and departs confused, never knowing for sure where he has been. Beyond the horizon he feels certain he will find a better city, a fairer prospect, a more sonorous group of singing companions. But when his camels are tethered he will find himself engaged with still yet another set of shadows.

Show me a man who keeps his two feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants off.

-Both from The Drifters by James A. Michener

More Hunter Thompson Quotes

"Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas...with the music at top volume and at least a pint of ether."

--Sounds good, but I'm not so sure about the ether.

"Freedom is something that dies unless it's used."

--Beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

"Fear is just another word for ignorance."

--True and beautiful.

"In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: Not necessarily to Win, but mainly to keep from Losing Completely. "

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

-hahahahaha.

"Maybe there is no Heaven. Or maybe this is all pure gibberish— a product of the demented imagination of a lazy drunken hillbilly with a heart full of hate who has found a way to live out where the real winds blow— to sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky, and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind except falling in love and not getting arrested...Res ipsa loquitar. Let the good times roll. "


But speaking of rules, you've been arrested dozens of times in your life. Specific incidents aside, what's common to these run-ins? Where do you stand vis-à-vis the law?
"Goddammit. Yeah, I have. First, there's a huge difference between being arrested and being guilty. Second, see, the law changes and I don't. How I stand vis-à-vis the law at any given moment depends on the law. The law can change from state to state, from nation to nation, from city to city. I guess I have to go by a higher law. How's that? Yeah, I consider myself a road man for the lords of karma."

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

"So much for Objective Journalism. Don’t bother to look for it here—not under any byline of mine; or anyone else I can think of. 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. "

"Jesus! Where will it end? How low do you have to stoop in this country to be President? "

"The Rumsfield-Cheney axis has self-destructed right in front of our eyes, along with the once-proud Perle-Wolfowitz bund that is turning to wax. They somehow managed to blow it all, like a gang of kids on a looting spree, between January and July, or even less. It is genuinely incredible. The U.S. Treasury is empty, we are losing that stupid, fraudulent chickencrap War in Iraq, and every country in the world except a handful of Corrupt Brits despises us. We are losers, and that is the one unforgiveable sin in America. "

"The only difference between the Sane and the Insane, in this world, is the Sane have the power to have the Insane locked up "


"Who are these Swine ? These flag-sucking half-wits who get fleeced and fooled by stupid little rich kids like George Bush ? ..... They speak for all that is cruel and stupid and viscious in the American character.... I piss down the throats of these Nazis. And i am too old to worry about whether they like it or not. Fuck Them."

"Now, years later, i still have trouble when i think about Chicago (68'). That week at the Convention changed everything i'd ever taken for granted about this country and my place in it...Everytime i tried to tell somebody what happened in Chicago i began crying , and it took me years to understand why...Chicago was the End of the Sixties, for me."

It will be guerilla warfare on a global scale, with no front lines and no identifiable enemy. . . We are going to punish somebody for this attack, but just who or what will be blown to smithereens for it is hard to say. Maybe Afghanistan, maybe Pakistan or Iraq, or possibly all three at once. Who knows?
"Fear & Loathing in America" (September 12, 2001)

Stroopwaffel Rules!

It really does. It's this wonderful food that can be found in the Netherlands. It's very sugary and sweet and looks like a minature waffle with caramel inside. They can be eaten warm or cooled. They can also be dipped in chocolate, which is THE most preferable method in my opinion. That's all.

Evil

Mae West said:

"When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before."

I AGREE.

Some Hunter Thompson Quotes I Like

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."

--I want to note how much I feel what he is saying here. That's all.--

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."

--Haha. I know exactly what he's saying.

"We cannot expect people to have respect for law and order until we teach respect to those we have entrusted to enforce those laws."

--So true, so true. If only more people could truly understand the meaning of this quote.

"I have always loved marijuana. It has been a source of joy and comfort to me for many years. And I shall think of it as a basic staple of life, along with beer and ice and grapefruits--and millions of Americans agree with me."

--No one could have said it better. Although, I'm not satisfied with his statement that grapefruits are a basic staple of life. I have not eaten a grapefruit in years. I find them bitter and offensive. However, everything else makes sense, so it's ok, just noting that I would have to replace 'grapefruits' with stroopwaffels.---

"Bush is a natural-born loser with a filthy-rich daddy who pimped his son out to rich oil mongers. He hates music, football and sex, in no particular order, and he is no fun at all."

--That I'm sure is 100% true. I hate that guy.---

"For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampeled."

--I'm going to have to think about this one some more.

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

--I believe this. It's probably a pretty good theory.