Hunter S. Thompson

"A moment's thought suggests that any stable society must depend on the acceptance of certain cruelties, not as biological necessities, but as good policy."

"The American Dream has become a nightmare."

"Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy."

"I hate to advocate anything weird, but it's always worked for me."

"There is nothing more grotesque and terrible than a man in the depths of a binge."

"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man."

"The drug war was always a war on people, not on drugs."

"Buy the ticket, take the ride."

"I understand that fear is my friend, but not always a reasonable one."

"The notion that you can painlessly extract the stone of wealth from the flesh of the modern economy is just another kind of vampire story."

"American politics has become a cesspool of money and lies."

"When you feel like you are losing everything, you find out who you really are."

"There is not much that separates a decent man from a degenerate one."

"Myths and legends die hard even when they ought to."

"The art of acceptable lying has improved considerably since the days of the Spanish Inquisition."

"I've always believed that attempting to predict the future is a complete waste of time."

"Ours was the first truly televised war, and it was impossible to win."

"There is no point in telling the truth when nobody wants to hear it."

"The system works just fine if you have money."

"What lured me into journalism was the fact that I thought I could tell the truth."

"I am not responsible for my DNA."

"The most addictive thing about drugs is the need to escape from reality."

"A sense of humor is the only divine thing about us."

"I want to be buried in a big red bathtub and that's all you need to know about me."

"No respect for the law, or for anyone else's personal rights."

"The goal of a political journalist should be the truth, not a story."

"I have learned to accept the fact that I am basically a sports fan disguised as a writer."

"Never, in my life, have I been more convinced of anything."

"The view from the Trump Tower is very different from the view from a homeless shelter."

"I am not responsible for the stupidity of others."