Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

“One of the most basic factors in sports is that winning becomes a habit, and losing is the same way. When failure starts to feel normal in your life or your work, you won't have to go looking for trouble, because trouble will find you.”

“In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.”

“I am a generous man, by nature, and far more trusting than I should be. The real world is risky territory for people with generosity of spirit. Beware.”

“I think I'm one of the most patriotic people that I've ever encountered in America.”

“I can't think in terms of journalism without thinking in terms of political ends. Unless there's been a reaction, there's been no journalism. It's cause and effect.”

“Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.”

“As far as I'm concerned, it's a damned shame that a field as potentially dynamic and vital as journalism should be overrun with dullards, bums, and hacks, hag-ridden with myopia, apathy, and complacence.”

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

“Politics is the art of controlling your environment.”

“There might be some serious fun in politics.”

“All the blood is drained out of democracy; it dies when only half the population votes.”

“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.”

“I am surprised and embarrassed to be a part of the first American generation to leave the country in far worse shape than it was when we first came into it.”

“That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didn't entirely conquer, he came as close as anybody we are likely to see.”

“Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone.”

“February is always a bad month for TV sports. Football is gone, basketball is plodding along in the annual midseason doldrums, and baseball is not even mentioned.”

“The best thing about the Kentucky Derby is that it is only two minutes long.”

“If Sunday is the Lord's day, then Saturday belongs to the Devil. It is the only night of the week when he gives out free passes to the late show at the Too Much Fun Club.”

“Gambling can turn into a dangerous two-way street when you least expect it. Weird things happen suddenly, and your life can go all to pieces.”

“Victory is a fleeting thing in the gambling business. Today's winners are tomorrow's blinking toads, dumb beasts with no hope.”

“Remember this, folks: I am a Hillbilly, and I don't always bet the same way I talk. Good advice is one thing, but smart gambling is quite another.”

“The Hell's Angels try not to do anything halfway, and anyone who deals in extremes is bound to cause trouble, whether he means to or not.”

“It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilisation ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.”

“I can still tie a mean bowline knot on just about anything in less than 10 seconds.”

“You better take care of me, Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.”