You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug, especially when its waving a razor sharp hunting knife in your eye.

Quote by Hunter S Thompson

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A word to the wise is infuriating.

A word to the wise is infuriating.

Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in,...

Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in,...

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.

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...

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a...

In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a...

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.

If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else...

If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else...

If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else...

If you're going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else...

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...

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.

For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.

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...

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...

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...

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

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.

Marriage to a man as important as a bicycle to a fish.

Marriage to a man as important as a bicycle to a fish.

God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are,...

God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are,...

We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is...

We have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is...