Yes sir, I am a tortured man for all seasons, as they say, and I have powerful friends in high places. Birds sing where I walk, and children smile when they see me coming.
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Related People such as Hunter S. Thompson and the Beats were a huge influence on me, not just in what they w... COREY TAYLOR I am, as they say, the classic starving artist. CHERYL STRAYED When I encountered rich people for the first time, I discovered that not only do they holiday in pla... ARTIE LANGE I feel like I've known Hunter S. Thompson for most of my life. I first encountered him in 1981, ... TUCKER CARLSON They say I am a regulator and I think it is just an effort not to comply with the decree. I do not d... HAROLD H. GREENE When I first started, I said 'Yes, sir and no, sir.' Now, the lawyers say, 'Yes, sir and no, sir.' N... RANDY MAY February was always the cruelest month for Hunter S. Thompson. An avid NFL fan, Hunter traditionally... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY I would love to get married, first of all, from my children's perspective. People don't thin... JUDY GOLD I'm constantly tortured, and that's why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for chil... JOHN ZORN It's interesting when you've been a partner with someone for so long. So now to sing solo an... VALERIE SIMPSON Some people say friends are like the leaves of tree, they change by the seasons... I say, in friends... TORNADO KAI A drop in younger children visiting libraries is of great concern. As children's laureate, I am ... CHRIS RIDDELL As a Texan, I say ma'm and sir to my age contemporaries and open doors for anyone that I can. This g... TIFFANY MADISON Real people are places to me as much as persons: I want to see them, as I want to see the places I a... LEONARD ALFRED GEORGE STRONG I am so happy to be alive. That's the one thing I'd like for people to know. Sometimes peopl... GEORGE FOREMAN I am surprised. Yes sir, I am. PAUL FORD I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I The dawn is killing me off, the fog is on the windows, the [ra]coons have robbed the cans, and down ... HUNTER S. THOMPSON Coming of age in a fascist police state will not be a barrel of fun for anybody, much less for peopl... HUNTER S. THOMPSON And because I am happy and dance and sing,They think they have done me no injury. WILLIAM BLAKE All the stories I would like to write persecute me. When I am in my chamber, it seems as if they are... UMBERTO ECO In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the ... CARLA BRUNI I am an Addictive Personality, they say, a natural slave to passion - and many Doctors have warned m... HUNTER S. THOMPSON Pity is unto the bird that takes refuge and stands on the tall tree with shallow roots to boast with... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH I'd like to think I have enough self-awareness to know when my time as a player is done. But if for ... CAMMI GRANATO I'd like to think I have enough self-awareness to know when my time as a player is done, ... But if ... CAMMI GRANATO You know, my family and friends have never been yes-men: 'Yes, you're doing the right thing,... LEBRON JAMES February was always the cruelest month for Hunter S. Thompson. An avid NFL fan, Hunter traditionally... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY I walk through the seasons and always the birds are singing and screaming and keening for love<... MAGGIE STIEFVATER When they see us dance. When they see how you look at me. When they see how I smile at you. PHILIPPA GREGORY When I came into office, people said, 'Billionaire? How do they live? What do they eat? How do t... MICHAEL BLOOMBERG When I sing it puts a twinkle in their eyes and a smile on their face and I always feel closer to th... CHRIS BAKER What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thie... SITTING BULL I would say I am viewed as the oldest teenager in my family because they say I never grow old. I mea... BETTY WRIGHT I have learned that I am a one-woman man. ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU I love to ask strangers if I can pet their dog. If they say yes, I freeze for a moment and respond: ... DONALD SHAW Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, 'It is not good for ... ANNA HELD they say every man needs protection, they say every man must fall. yet I swear I see my reflect... BOB DYLAN February was always the cruellest month for Hunter S Thompson, DOUGLAS BRINKLEY I love the road, and I love coming in contact with the fans. They talk to me and that's irreplac... YANNI Unless I can come in in the morning and smile, walk in the lobby and say, 'Good morning!' - ... ANGELA AHRENDTS I like it when I can sing half of a verse and throw the mike in some kid's face, and they sing i... MITCHEL MUSSO What I am interested in with birds, just as I am with spiders or monkeys, is what they do and why th... DAVID ATTENBOROUGH When it's all said and done, I am secure enough with my manhood to say to the world, 'I am a... OMARI HARDWICK They say I am powerful, They say I am eloquent, They say I am wealthy. But I am... AYUSHMAN JAMWAL Now they have a riddle. - Criminal Minds DEYTH BANGER Graffiti is beautiful; like a brick in the face of a cop. HUNTER S. THOMPSON When I have to move...I walk, when I have to speak...I talk, when I have to look...I see, I am just ... STEVEN ESPINOSA I can't walk. They didn't tell me anything yet. I don't know what to say, man. Damn. DONNIE EDWARDS They still have negligent auditing, they still have things going for a walk, and they have no idea w... EDWARD SNOWDEN The only time I'm not Hulk Hogan is when I'm behind closed doors because as soon as I walk o... HULK HOGAN When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers... IMELDA MARCOS I am the eagle, I live in high country, in rocky cathedrals that reach to the sky;I am the hawk and ... JOHN DENVER I am particular about the seating of the audience-also about how much money they pay-but most of all... NINA SIMONE I visited the Taliban embassy this morning and, while they did not come out and say 'yes they're in ... JOHN MERCER But I need to remember that the grief is the settlers’ as well. They too will never walk in a tall... ROBIN WALL KIMMERER 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 I have some friends, and they're super-hipster. And they're like, 'All I wanna do is sin... ZARA LARSSON Right now, I don't have the same urges as other women when they see a baby. When I see children,... GABRIELLE UNION The best year so far as for me when I am a children it's when I finish school and start doing someth... DEYTH BANGER They have been penalized for both of those in the month of July, as they were in the month of June a... GEORGE ABBOTT I tend to have really interested conversations with employers. They enjoy my interviews and they alw... CRYSTAL EVANS I have two homes, like someone who leaves their hometown and/or parents and then establishes a life ... ALEKSANDAR HEMON I have studios in the different places where I live - in Ibiza, Paris and London - but they're n... DAVID GUETTA Some friends don't understand this. They don't understand how desperate I am to have someone say, I ... ELIZABETH WURTZEL Often I hear people say they do not have time to read. That's absolute nonsense. In the one year... LOUIS L'AMOUR I want you. Am I supposed to walk away because you're a man? Maybe. They'll say yes for sure. But I'... ELLA FRANK What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian... SITTING BULL I'm gullible. I think people mean what they say. COLIN TREVORROW A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age is in, the wit is out. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Popular opinion or the pressure of others does not sway the language of powerful people. They know e... DANNY SILK I had to smile at the man. I mean, you have to smile at idiots and children. JIM BUTCHER Smiles and tears are so alike with me, they are neither of them confined to any particular feelings:... ANNE BRONTë No, but women are saying, and they say, are you crazy? But because they've had children since th... CHERYL TIEGS 'Tis pleasing to be school'd in a strange tongue
By female lips and eyes--that is, I mean,
Whe... LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) My dad, being a jingle writer, and my mom, being a jingle singer, they hooked me up with some people... REEVE CARNEY I think my parents where high when they named me. JOLENE BLALOCK I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, ... NASSIM NICHOLAS TALEB I have to tell you that I love people. When I see the kids coming up and see what they have done wit... BETTY WRIGHT I have this necklace I always wear. I collect pendants from people I love; my best friends and membe... LAKE BELL Perhaps, if you weren't so busy regarding my shortcomings, you'd find that I do possess redeeming qu... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I'm a Pisces, and they... ADAM LEVINE Who am I that I have to sing under an umbrella? These people are my fans, and if they can stand in t... BOBBY DARIN And I ask why am I black, they say I was born in sin, and shamed inequity. One of the main songs we ... PETER TOSH That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds free... LESTER MADDOX I am looking for the people who have always been there, and belong to the places they live. The othe... NORMAN LEWIS All the best women are married, yes, they are - to all the worst men' There was an infinite slow car... A.E. COPPARD A quote isn't a quote until that quote is quotably quoted by and official Quotesman I AM TIMEPIECE The internet has too much information out there for you to ask a dumb question I AM TIMEPIECE I am no longer a rare breed, I am an endangered species I AM TIMEPIECE I wish there was an edit button on Life because sometimes we don't realize the mistakes we've made u... I AM TIMEPIECE Life are full of memories, capture them I AM TIMEPIECE I don't fit in because I was born to stand out I AM TIMEPIECE When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smi... A. SCOTT BERG I do personal appearances, and I meet my fans, and I am genuinely honored that they come out to say ... DANIEL GODDARD As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long... JOHN ADAMS As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long... JOHN ADAMS When I look up and see a star, I know my mom is there. She's with me all the time. It's a po... EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI I have great tenants. They've all become my friends. They call me and say, 'Hey Kev, we'... KEVIN DILLON
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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 Those of us who have been up all night were in no mood for coffee and donuts. We wanted strong drink... 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