Hunter S. Thompson

"Buy the ticket, take the ride."

"There was no point in mentioning the lizards. Nobody would believe it."

"He who makes no mistakes makes no progress."

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs."

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

"Weird like us."

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

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"Never underestimate the power of a quiet fart. It can change the course of human history."

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

"You better take care of me, Lord, that's all I'm asking."

"Good people drink good beer."

"I have bad reflexes. I'm not too quick with the gun."

"The cold truth is that I am a lifelong freelancer."

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

"Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch-all for fuckoffs and misfits—a false doorway to the backside of life."

"There is nothing more important than good health and nothing more destructive than a bad attitude."

"Extreme sports are better understood from a distance, preferably a very great distance."

"The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is just a alternative name for backside journalism."

"A sense of humor is a sign of maturity."

"Alcohol is not the answer, but it helps you forget the question."

"We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way."

"It is hard to know what durable good can come from leggy land models strutting in rain-soaked fashion shows."

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke."

"There's no point worrying about things you can't control."

"Extreme fear can neither fight nor flee, so it might as well laugh."

"The only thing that really matters in life is the people in this room. Fuck the rest."

"I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me."

"Give me all your attention, and I might tell you a story."

"Freedom is something that dies if it's not exercised."