Hunter S. Thompson Quotes About Children

Quotes about: Children

• That is the problem with this rich and anguished generation. Somewhere a long time ago they fell in love with the idea that politicians- even the slickest and brightest presidential candidates- were real heroes and truly exciting people. That is wrong on its face. They are mainly dull people with corrupt instincts and criminal children.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Children, Real, Hero

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Generation of Swine: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist”, p.265, Simon and Schuster

• Weird behavior is natural in smart children, just as curiosity is to a kitten.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Children, Smart, Curiosity

  "Kingdom of Fear".

• It is all well and good for children and acid freaks to believe in Santa Claus - but it is still a profoundly morbid day for us working professionals. It is unsettling to know that one out of every twenty people you meet on Xmas will be dead this time next year.... Some people can accept this, and some can't. That is why God made whiskey, and also why Wild Turkey comes in $300 shaped canisters during most of the Christmas season...

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Xmas, Children, Believe

  "Fear and Loathing in Elko" by Hunter S. Thompson, www.rollingstone.com. January 23, 1992.

• Children are like TV sets. When they start acting weird, whack them across the head with a big rubber basketball shoe.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Basketball, Children, Shoes

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Generation of Swine: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist”, p.107, Simon and Schuster

• The years after 2000 will be a monumental change in the way life is lived here. It will be harder and harder to relate to our children. I don't know what it's going to be. I don't plan to be around in the year 2000. I'll be taken away by the Sufi God.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Children, Taken, Years

  Source: www.fargonebooks.com

• Yes sir, I am a tortured man for all seasons, as they say, and I have powerful friends in high places. Birds sing where I walk, and children smile when they see me coming.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Children, Powerful, Men

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness”, p.147, Pan Macmillan

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