A man who has blown all his options can’t afford the luxury of changing his ways. He has to capitalize on whatever he has left, and he can’t afford to admit — no matter how often he’s reminded of it — that every day of his life takes him farther and farther down a blind alley…
Hunter S. Thompson
Related This wavering paradox is a pillar of the outlaw stance. A man who has blown all his options can't af... HUNTER S. THOMPSON We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of land is the same to him as t... CHIEF SEATTLE Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his first love, and just afte... H. L. MENCKEN Every man is thoroughly happy twice in his life: just after he has met his first love, and just afte... HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day; he cannot afford to sustain the ma... HENRY DAVID THOREAU Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in whic... ALDOUS HUXLEY Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways in whic... ALDOUS HUXLEY Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care th... RALPH WALDO EMERSON It reminded him of the truth—who he really was, and the fact that no matter how far he ran, his pa... KAYLA KRANTZ No man has come to true greatness who has not felt that his life belongs to his race, and that which... PHILLIPS BROOKS Since he has been home, he has felt unusually tender about his wife and guilty over his long absence... BOBBIE ANN MASON He's unfailingly patient. He never panics. He has a knack for taking a lot of pressure off of everyb... NED YOST If a man makes best use of whatever means he has at his disposal and also has the blessings of God t... SAM VEDA Bill has stated many times Penn Hills has been good to him. He made most of his money in the communi... FRANK PECORA What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of what his... JOSEPH MORRELL DODGE What every man needs, regardless of his job or the kind of work he is doing, is a vision of what his... JOSEPH M. DODGE Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand - in agriculture, in c... ABRAHAM KUYPER Every man with a little leisure and enough money for railway tickets, every man, indeed, who knows h... ALDOUS HUXLEY Every man is important is he loses his life; and every man is funny if he loses his hat and has to r... G. K. CHESTERTON Though we take from a covetous man all his treasure, he has yet one jewel left; you cannot bereave h... JOHN MILTON It has been difficult for him. He still has the desire to play. But he wants to weigh all of his opt... HERMAN MORRIS Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he has got. JOSH BILLINGS Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got. JOSH BILLINGS Robert will have to make adjustments because he has never worked on blocking. He was a quarterback a... BOB JACOBY There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate: when he can’t afford it, and w... MARK TWAIN He has that smile that just captures people. He's early to practice, smile on his face, 'How you doi... JOEY SATO Church is so confusing for Juvenalius. His new pastor preaches nothing but hate and condemnation of ... JUVENALIUS Every dog has his day, unless he loses his tail, then he has a weak-end. JUNE CARTER Every man, who desire to be a true father, has to look continually to the Lord,that he might learn o... PST ADELAJA SUNDAY He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any... JOHN STUART MILL A man is a man in every part of the world. It has nothing to do with race. It has to do with the cul... ALICIA MACHADO Christ's Church is, above all, the spiritual temple where every Christian knows he has his place... POPE JOHN XXIII If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face ... CONFUCIUS An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him. OSCAR WILDE Any young man coming of age has a lot to go through. Peter Parker certainly has a lot of responsibil... MATTHEW JAMES THOMAS A man takes his sadness down to the river and throws it in the river �... RICHARD SIKEN A man writes to throw off the poison which he has accumulated because of his false way of life. He i... HENRY MILLER Nothing had worked out the way he’d hoped. He should’ve expected it by now, maybe. After all, th... JOE ABERCROMBIE Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it. PETER JENNINGS He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any... JOHN STUART MILL I'm convinced that the man who has learned to meditate upon the Lord will be able to run on his ... CHARLES STANLEY Hazel’s cheeks felt hot. “But he’s not like…like me?” “No,” Nico said. “I’m sorry ... RICK RIORDAN Jesse is on some other planet. He is something else. He goes fast and strong and is so surprising. H... DAVE COLLEY We got together. I called him down ... to sit with the guys and talk to him. They basically explaine... GREG ZIPADELLI People will rather appreciate a man who wears one suit out of the several he has got and refuse to v... SUNDAY ADELAJA Now let's move on to the subject of how a real man treats his wife. A real man doesn't slap even a t... S.M. STIRLING He learned how to look at himself from a distance, to see himself first of all as a man among other ... PAUL AUSTER Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away. PROVERB He has had some good at-bats and has had a flair for the big hit here recently. We saw that from him... JEFF BLAUSER Man takes root at his feet, and at best, he is no more than a potted plant in his house or carriage ... JOHN BURROUGHS He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE It always seems to me so odd that when a man dies, he takes out with him all the knowledge that he h... ROBERT BADEN-POWELL A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has... RALPH WALDO EMERSON I'm convinced that the man who has learned to meditate upon the Lord will be able to run on his feet... CHARLES STANLEY Every man has an option i.e LIFE or WIFE; but if he wants both of his own, then his living has to ha... ANUJ SOMANY Judge not a fellow man by the number of noses he has on his face, but by the number of faces he has ... CHIEF LONG SPEAR WHO HUNTS BEAVERS Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand? CHARLES A. LINDBERGH Is he alone who has courage on his right hand and faith on his left hand? CHARLES LINDBERGH He has an incredible work ethic. He is driven for success and he has his priorities straight. It sho... DOUG SCHREIBER He is a genuine, good guy, one of the best teammates that you can have. He lights up a clubhouse wit... KEVIN MILLAR In his speech, Sharon made it clear that he has veered to the left and that he will continue his pol... BENJAMIN NETANYAHU The pessimist resembles a man who observes with fear and sadness that his wall calendar, from which ... VIKTOR E. FRANKL Every man has a right to one country. He has a right to love and serve that country and to feel that... THEODORE ROOSEVELT They have no wheelchair for him, he can barely walk, he has a cast on his left leg and he's in sever... HOWARD MORGAN He has eyes so expressive they give a hint to more than what he portrays. He’s dedicated to his fr... SIMONE ELKELES All that man has will he give for his life. BIBLE The man is a success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has gained the respect o... BESSIE STANLEY The limbic connectedness of a working psychotherapy requires uncommon courage. A patient asks to sur... THOMAS LEWIS He has bet his governorship on these initiatives, ... He has pushed all of his chips to the middle o... DAN DALY He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal l... WILLIAM PENN Every man has his follies -- and often they are the most interesting thing he had got. JOSH BILLINGS Every man knows his follies and often they are the most interesting thing he has got. G. K. CHESTERTON Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cann... MARQUIS DE SADE The world is full of men who want to be right, when actually the secret of a man's strength and his ... JIM ANDERSON At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings... AYN RAND Already he [humanity] is physically antique in this robot world he has created. All that sustains hi... LOREN EISELEY Everyone has it's own great triumph, has he own story with sadness, madness and reverses. That's how... DEYTH BANGER What made Wellington Mara was his faith and his family, ... He has run the race of life, and he has ... EDWARD EGAN Alex (Thomas) has worked hard all his life. He lives in the weight room and never takes a day or a p... JACK HUNT Joe is left-handed and he really understands how to use that to his advantage, opening the court and... BRIAN SCHLEIFER If you remove Al Sharpton’s blackness, he disappears. He’s transparent. There’s nothing there ... KEN HUTCHERSON Michael Jackson has an anti-Semitic streak and hasn't learned from his past mistakes. It seems every... ABRAHAM FOXMAN Michael Jackson has an anti-Semitic streak, and hasn't learned from his past mistakes. It seems ever... ABRAHAM FOXMAN Michael Jackson has an anti-Semitic streak and hasn't learned from his past mistakes. It seems every... ABRAHAM H. FOXMAN He who influences the thoughts of his times, influences all the times that follow. He has made his i... THOMAS KEMPIS Tomorrow’s illiterate will not be the man who can’t read; he will be the man who has not learned... ALVIN TOFFLER He wants to feel good, he always used to feel good at every turning of the year, every vacation or e... JOHN UPDIKE The young man, who does not know the future, sees life as a kind of epic adventure, an Odyssey throu... JOHN WILLIAMS There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a wa... MARCEL PROUST There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a w... MARCEL PROUST No one has learned the meaning of life until he has surrendered his ego to the service of his fellow... BERAN WOLFE He has stepped up for us all year. For a kid that played sparingly last year to step in and take car... DAVE MACARTHUR If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of... JAMES A. MICHENER If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit
with dignity all the days of... JAMES A. MICHENER When a wave of love takes over a human being... such an exaltation takes him that he knows he has pu... MARJORIE KINNAN RAWLINGS Bob is a true role model. He lives his life in such a way that we should all teach our children to b... BECKY PAPE Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I’m referring to one who does not see his worl... DAVID BOWIE I wish I could speak to him more often. He more or less has gone in his own direction. He has gotten... JIM KIICK The Landlord is a gentleman who does not earn his wealth. He has a host of agents and clerks that re... DAVID LLOYD GEORGE And he leans in, so carefully. Breathing and not breathing and hearts beating between us a... TAHEREH MAFI
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THOMPSON The reason most people play golf is to wear clothes they would not be caught dead in otherwise. HUNTER S. THOMPSON We can't stop here, this is bat country! HUNTER S. THOMPSON A cap of good acid costs five dollars and for that you can hear the Universal Symphony with God sing... HUNTER S. THOMPSON In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile. HUNTER S. THOMPSON Cover a war in a place where you can't drink beer or talk to a woman? Hell no!" HUNTER S. THOMPSON Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only cure i... HUNTER S. THOMPSON History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of history i... HUNTER S. THOMPSON Buy the ticket take the Ride HUNTER S. THOMPSON If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years, about 600 people - including me - would ... 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 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