Quotes by Hunter S. Thompson (Page 3 of 3)

If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people -- including me -- would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.

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

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

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

Yesterday's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why.

Rude people will now and then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it's because I'm Smart... But that is a lie: The real reason is because I'm an incurable Gambling addict.

Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone. We are legion, and football is often the only thing we have in common.

By any accepted standard, I have had more than nine lives. I counted them up once, and there were 13 times I almost and maybe should have died.

The next MVP of the Super Bowl is just as likely to have been a full-time grocery store bagger last year as a Heisman Trophy winner.

I hate pain, despite my ability to tolerate it beyond all known parameters, which is not necessarily a good thing.

Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.