"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."

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Source : Hunter S. Thompson (2010). “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream”, p.73, Vintage

Hunter S. Thompson

#Stupid Quotes #Philosophical Quotes #Thought Provoking Quotes

“You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do.”
“The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time. You're trying to get the right approach and the right answer, and there are moments that aren't very pleasant. But in the end, you look at the overall product.”

Source : "Exclusive: Allyson Felix, The Best to Ever Do It". Interview with Sylvia Snowden, www.ebony.com. September 13, 2016.
“Making the family a top priority will invariably bring success.”
“My parents moved to Los Angeles when I was really young, but I spent every summer with my grandparents, and I'd stay with my grandfather on the farm in Longview. He was retired from the railroad, and he had a small farm with some cows and some pigs. I remember part of my youth was feeding hogs and plowing fields and stuff, so that's a part of me.”
“I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.”
“The country will also need 'new forms of social welfare' instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions.”
“Being a writer means crying over the sad parts, even though you already know itâ€™s going to be okay.”
“He says I'm beautiful as a red tomato”

Source : Jeanne DuPrau (2012). “The Books of Ember Omnibus”, p.84, Random House Books for Young Readers

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