Well you could never accuse him of not practicing what he preaches...

I remember when I borrowed a copy of the newly published "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" from a friend and literally could not put it down. I skipped 2 classes and might as well not have been in a third -- I was totally rapt. The Johnny Depp film does the book no justice because it concentrates on the outrageous descriptions of events and misses the message which was so clearly stated -- too long to copy here but I found a link to the part I'm thinking of:
"So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back."
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/1074-strange-memories-on-this-nervous-night-in-las-vegas-five

Another bit of witticism from one of my favorite thinkers.

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HST is teh man: http://infinitewandering.blogspot.com/2013/06/good-day-for-hst-quote.html

Hunter S. Thompson is a hero of mine, and this quote is one reason why.