Hunter Thompson

have never believed much in luck, and my sense of humor has tended to walk on the dark side

there are no jokes. The truth is the funniest joke of all.”

Muhammad Ali was not lucky. He was fast, very fast

I had such a steady diet of riot-control gas that I became a junkie, & I still get nostalgic for it on slow nights

I’ve compromised myself so often that I can’t honestly see myself as a martyr anymore.… I think I’m probably better off as an opportunist with a large and ill-formed talent.”