Hunter S. Thompson

"I have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side."

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

"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?"

"Call on God, but row away from the rocks."

"A word to the wise is infuriating."

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

"Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio."

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

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

"Politics is the art of controlling your environment."

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

"Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death."

"No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years past 50. 17 more than I needed or wanted. Boring. I am always bitchy. No Fun — for anybody. 67. You are getting Greedy. Act your old age. Relax — This won't hurt"

"America...just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable"

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