In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.

Quote by Hunter S Thompson

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

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

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

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

If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600...

If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600...

There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an...

There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an...

The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where...

The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where...

The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind...

The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind...

Call on God, but row away from the rocks.

Call on God, but row away from the rocks.

The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and...

The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and...

America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money...

America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money...

The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs.

The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs.

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

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

The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who...

The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who...

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely...

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely...

The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where...

The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where...

That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came,...

That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came,...

A word to the wise is infuriating.

A word to the wise is infuriating.

Buy the ticket, take the ride.

Buy the ticket, take the ride.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond...

It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond...