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Hunter S. Thompson

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DOUGLAS BRINKLEY How you drink coffee affects mood and health.
DAIRI BOY BARISTA Graffiti is beautiful; like a brick in the face of a cop.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON As for LSD, I highly recommend it. We had a fine, wild weekend and no trouble at all. The feeling it...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON The brutal reality of politics would be probably intolerable without drugs.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON There are those who love to get dirty and fix things. They drink coffee at dawn, beer after work. An...
GARY SNYDER We drink to those who love us, we drink to those who don't. We drink to those who fuck us, and fuck ...
TAMSYN BESTER People such as Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats were a huge influence on me, not just in what they w...
COREY TAYLOR Over the years, we worked on some promising projects that Hunter could do while never leaving the Fa...
JAY COWAN One of the worst incidents of that era caused no complaints at all: this was a sort of good-natured ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON OK for now. I enjoyed my quick, high-powered visit over there and look forward to a dead-game replay...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challengin...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON February was always the cruelest month for Hunter S. Thompson. An avid NFL fan, Hunter traditionally...
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY My dream dinner party guests would be Ethel Kennedy, Truman Capote and Hunter S. Thompson.
DYLAN PENN We always get up about 5:30, and George gets up and goes in and gets the coffee and brings it to me,...
LAURA BUSH We talked about politics constantly in my family growing up in North Carolina. There were always deb...
ZACH GALIFIANAKIS Even now, more than 30 years later, I still judge people on the basis of whether they voted for Jack...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON I come from a coffee-loving family, and you can always tell when my sister and I have been around, b...
LAURIE COLWIN I feel like I've known Hunter S. Thompson for most of my life. I first encountered him in 1981, ...
TUCKER CARLSON The proper bookmark for a Hunter Thompson book is a pair of brass knuckles.
JONATHAN HEATT We just sit and drink coffee. There's no (written) agenda and we just come and go as our schedule al...
LARRY HARRIS I know it sounds strange, but I'm one of those people who goes to a coffee shop to drink coffee.
W. BRUCE CAMERON February was always the cruelest month for Hunter S. Thompson. An avid NFL fan, Hunter traditionally...
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY We wanted to come out real strong this year because people are gunning for us in terms of who we are...
KEVIN KELLY I wear weird things sometimes. I like to drink coffee. Neither of those things have anything to do w...
MARY-KATE OLSEN [Metcalf] just didn't have a good night. But like I've told people all year, we have other guys aver...
JASON BUMBLIS For those of us who were here 10 years ago, it's the difference between night and day,
SAN ANTONIO For those of us who were here 10 years ago, it's the difference between night and day.
JOE KRIER We continually strive to make Dunkin' Donuts chains more accessible to our on-the-go customers who r...
JOHN GILBERT Isaiah Hunter had a tough night. We rode the horses that got us here, but some of them came up limpi...
BLAINE TAYLOR For those of us who have been through big injuries and come back from them, this is an amazing momen...
EMILY COOK Any other night, that's who we wanted shooting it. We were daring her to shoot it all night, anyway.
CHAMEKA SCOTT Well, we can’t sit around here worrying all night. I have to do something. ”
“Why don’...
ALYXANDRA HARVEY And all the coffee you could drink.
BOB ELLIOTT The Boat Show, for us, is huge. The consumer in general really, really seems to be in a good mood. F...
LUKE KUJAWA Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's...
MAGGIE GALLAGHER People are fans of Dunkin' Donuts. They have a relationship with the company, they go there ever...
EVAN WILLIAMS Let us fill a cup and drink to that most noble, ridiculous, laughable, sublime figure in our lives.....
HERMAN WOUK I hope no one who reads this book has been quite as miserable as Susan and Lucy were that night; but...
C.S. LEWIS Numerous have been the manifestations of God's providence in sustaining us. In the gloomy period...
SAMUEL ADAMS I told him I wanted a large front porch where I could drink coffee and play music. Mary wanted a scr...
CLIFF MOSES I was mean life a wolf. Now i'm mean like a weasel. When you're huntin' somepin you're a hunter, an'...
JOHN STEINBECK Like all of us, we have pretty serious mood swings.
JOSH SILVER This was one of our goals. This is what we wanted, to bring Villanova back (to national prominence)....
RANDY FOYE The attraction is that Dunkin' Donuts has made coffee a dessert item.
MARCIA MOGELONSKY If last night proved anything, it's that life is a strong drink served up in an extremely short - an...
SAMANTHA SOTTO We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men... We are who we are...
MAYA ANGELOU May our daily choices be a reflection of our deepest values, and may we use our voices to speak for ...
COLLEEN PATRICK-GOUDREAU Those of us who wanted to test the boundaries of what a superhero comic book could do, unfortunately...
FRANK MILLER I felt like I had to do it. We really wanted this bad and the girls who were with us last year reall...
LAUREN WITHERSPOON All men, even those we call savages, have been so tormented by the passion for strong drinks, that l...
JEAN ANTHELME BRILLAT-SAVARIN My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.
KARIN SLAUGHTER The candle burns not for us, but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison, who were shot o...
PETER BENENSON We have some kids hustling real hard out there, and we made some mistakes. We tried to shoot ourselv...
TOM ATWELL We all love best not those who offend us least, nor those who have done most for us, but those who m...
SAMUEL BUTLER Never trust anyone who doesn't drink coffee.
AJ LEE We had some roof damage in three warehouses, but moved the nearby coffee to dry areas in those build...
KEVIN KELLY I was in the mood to make out in the back row of the movie theater with someone who did not know my ...
JODI PICOULT So there were benefits both for those who were able to abstain altogether … and even among those w...
MICHAEL BOHN Teach we must, for we owe all that we are to all those who have been and all that we have to those w...
IRVIN KAUFFMAN We couldn't have a better closing, for all of us, even those who don't believe in death penalty.
ROSEMARY DILLARD I drink coffee in the morning and a few cups throughout the day. Among coffee's health benefits ...
DAVID H. MURDOCK That's when we realized how fortunate we really were because between my family and his and people wh...
FELTON MCCLELLAN We've all been up all night searching for these folks. We have a very intensive search going on,
MIKE HALEY Just think of all those women on the Titanic who said, No, thank you, to dessert that night. And for...
ERMA BOMBECK Just think of all those women on the Titanic who said, 'No thank you' to desert that night. And for ...
ERMA BOMBECK Just think of all those women on the Titanic who said, "No, thank you," to dessert that night. And f...
ERMA BOMBECK We wanted to be in great shape, we wanted to be able to cope with zero gravity, we wanted to be able...
ALAN SHEPARD Bonds had a great night and that is what we have been waiting for all season from her. She scored 13...
HEATH GIBSON We all like to forgive, and love best not those who offend us least, nor who have done most for us, ...
SAMUEL BUTLER We are made of all those who have built and broken us.
ATTICUS POETRY With no draft, the only people who went to war were those who wanted to, or at least those who wante...
TIM O'BRIEN Though we have rightly applauded our ancestors for their spiritual achievements (and do not and must...
NEAL A. MAXWELL For those of us who live in the 'New North,' we have no doubt about the potential that exists in our...
CHARLIE GOFF No civilians have been wounded. No civilian has been killed in these attacks. All the wounded and th...
FERIDOUN SULEIMAN I was broke for more than 10 years. I remember staying up all night one night at my first company an...
EVAN WILLIAMS That's the advantage of insomnia. People who go to be early always complain that the night is too sh...
BANANA YOSHIMOTO Throughout our history we have seen the careers of some of the nation's most notable journalists flo...
JANN WENNER Being with a woman all night never hurt no professional baseball player. It's staying up all nig...
CASEY STENGEL There are people who could watch a hurricane like Sandy blow out of the Atlantic every other day and...
MICHAEL SPECTER I'm not a guy who needs to drink coffee or anything to get myself going in the morning. I wake u...
BILLY HORSCHEL For those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, we are grateful that such men and women were among u...
STEVE BUYER Along the way I stopped into a coffee shop. All around me normal, everyday city types were going abo...
HARUKI MURAKAMI I like to do weird things in the shower, like drink my coffee, brush my teeth and drink a smoothie. ...
MICHELLE WILLIAMS My mum and dad have always enjoyed life, and it's something that's been instilled in me. I w...
RAFE SPALL Those that ride on chariots, and those that have no chariots, those that are mounted, and those that...
ATHARVA VEDA In those days, who bought? Who had money? Aside from being ostracized for doing something no one els...
JAMES KOSHIBA All right, Monsieur Chirac, perhaps we are poor, perhaps we were not raised properly - but we do not...
HOSPODARSKE NOVINY Have we been going up and down in business, and are those round about us as yet unaware of our Chris...
CHARLES SPURGEON John and I were lucky because our mother was a strong woman with high expectations and a strong sens...
CAROLINE KENNEDY I didn't win, the Town of Herndon won. That is not trivia. The mood of the town has been one that th...
CHARLIE WADDELL It's just a misfortunate because I think he could've been where Thompson is, had he not got an infec...
BILL PARCELLS I don't know why it is ... but I do believe kids are drinking coffee at a younger age -- 13, 14, 15 ...
DONNA GRIFFIN They used to say it was bad for Indians to drink, but it's bad for anybody. When they drink they...
IKE TURNER We were marked and had been marked in unforgettable and forever ways. We were all better men for it....
JAY CROWNOVER The 800 was, without a doubt, our best race of the night. Hayes had a real good night for us and he ...
BRIAN DUNLAP Powdered donuts," Tyson said earnestly. "I will look for powdered donuts in the wilderness." He head...
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HUNTER S. THOMPSON I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter aci...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Good people drink good beer.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON I have learned, in my life and work as a sportswriter, that big-time Sports and big-time Politics ar...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Richard Nixon was a criminally insane Monster - Bill Clinton is a black-hearted Swine of a friend.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON I felt a little guilty about jangling the poor bugger's brains with that evil fantasy. But what the ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusi...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness ... Fear and Loathing ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered f...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON It never got weird enough for me.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Even now, more than 30 years later, I still judge people on the basis of whether they voted for Jack...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON was doldrums time.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Be a beachcomber, a Parisian wino, an Italian pimp, or a Danish pervert; but stay away from the Arme...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Who are these people? These faces? Where did they come from? They look like caricatures of used car ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON So this is how the world works, all energy flows according to the whims of the great magnet.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON So much for Objective Journalism. Don't bother to look for it here--not under any byline of mine; or...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON I agreed. By this time the drink was beginning to cut the acid and my hallucinations were down to a ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON On the way down the hill we walked three abreast in the cobblestone street, drunk and laughing and t...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON At the top of the mountain we are all snow leopards.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON No doubt they all Got What Was Coming To Them. All those pathetically eager acid freaks who thought ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Yesterday's weirdness is tomorrow's reason why.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstanc...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON A man can live on his wits and his balls for only so long.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON 1) Never trust a cop in a raincoat.
2) Beware of enthusiasm and of love, both are temporary and...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON All my life, my heart has sought a thing I cannot name.

Remembered line from a long-
HUNTER S. THOMPSON The press is a gang of cruel faggots. Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a cheap catch...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON It is Autumn, as you know, and things are beginning to die. It is so wonderful to be out in the cris...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON and the sad notes floated out to the
patio and hung in the trees like birds too tired to fly
HUNTER S. THOMPSON I bought a small bottle of beer for fifteen cents and sat on a bench in the clearing, feeling like a...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON No More Games. No More Bombs. No More Walking. No More Fun. No More Swimming. 67. That is 17 years p...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON We are all wired into a survival trip now. No more of the speed that fueled that 60's. That was the ...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pim...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Fear is just another word for ignorance
HUNTER S. THOMPSON I feel the same way about disco as I do about herpes.
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Some may never live, but the crazy never die
HUNTER S. THOMPSON We were warriors then, and our tribe was strong like a river
HUNTER S. THOMPSON This was the fatal flaw in Tim Leary's trip. He crashed around America selling "conciousness expansi...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Strange memories on this nervous night in Las Vegas. Five years later? Six? It seems like a lifetime...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Still humping the American Dream
HUNTER S. THOMPSON The possibility of physical and mental collapse is now very real. No sympathy for the Devil, keep th...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Jesus Creeping God! Is there a priest in this tavern? I want to confess! I'm a fucking sinner! Venal...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Ignore that nightmare in the bathroom. Just another ugly refugee from the Love Generation, some doom...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON My blood is too thick for California: I have never been able to properly explain myself in this clim...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON What kind of rat bastard psychotic would play that song- right now, at this moment?
HUNTER S. THOMPSON