Hunter S. Thompson citáty

Hunter Stockton Thompson byl americký novinář a spisovatel, významná postava kontrakultury 60. let.

Byl představitelem tzv. Nového žurnalismu, přesněji jedné jeho specifické větve, tzv. Gonzo žurnalismu, která se vyznačuje extrémně subjektivním pohledem na události. Významněji na sebe upozornil prvně roku 1967, když vydal knihu Hell’s Angels: neobyčejná a hrůzná sága o motorkářském gangu , kde popisoval svou osobní zkušenost z motorkářského gangu, v němž strávil rok k důkladnému prozkoumání jeho života. Bestsellerem se pak stala kniha z roku 1972 nazvaná Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, v níž popisoval osud hnutí 60. let, a která nejprve vycházela na pokračování v časopise Rolling Stone. Kniha byla zfilmována roku 1998 režisérem Terry Gilliamem v hlavní roli s hercem Johnny Deppem, Thompsonovým blízkým přítelem. Thompson byl též známým kritikem republikánských politiků, zejména Richarda Nixona, o jehož kampani z prezidentských voleb roku 1972 sepsal též knihu reportáží. Měl naopak blízko k Demokratické straně, demokratický senátor John Kerry se zúčastnil i jeho pohřbu, který proběhl na jeho přání zvláštním způsobem, kdy Thompsonův popel byl vystřelen z děla. Předtím spáchal sebevraždu. Thompsonovi kritici tvrdili, že jeho díla propagují drogy a násilí, on sám to však odmítal. Wikipedia  

✵ 18. červenec 1937 – 20. únor 2005   •   Další jména Хантер Стоктон Томпсон, هانتر اس. تامپسون
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Generation of Swine
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Hunter S. Thompson nejznámější citáty

„Hudební byznys je krutý a mělký peněžní příkop, dlouhá plastová chodba, kde zloději a pasáci volně plynou, a dobří lidé umírají jako psi.“

Originál: [(en) The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs.]
Zdroj: [Hunter S Thompson: in his own words, http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/feb/21/huntersthompson, 2005-02-25, 2015-02-28, The Guardian, London, anglicky]
Zdroj: [Mitchell, Tim, Sedition and Alchemy: A Biography of John Cale, Peter Owen, London, 2003, 239, Dave McKean, 0 7206 11326, 15, anglicky]

Hunter S. Thompson citáty a výroky

„Televizní průmysl je ošklivější než většina věcí. Obvykle je vnímán jako nějaká krutá a povrchní peněžní drážka v srdci novinářského průmyslu, dlouhá plastová chodba, kam se utíkají zloději a pasáci, a kde dobří muži umírají jako psi, a to bez dobrého důvodu.
Což je víceméně pravda. Z velké části jsou to špinavá malá zvířata s obrovským mozkem a bez emocí.“

[(en) The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason.
Which is more or less true. For the most part, they are dirty little animals with huge brains and no pulse.]
— [(en) Generation of Swine], část [(en) Full Time Scrambling] (4. listopadu 1985)Thompsonovi bývá mylně přisuzován upravený výrok, například ve znění:
Zdroj: [Thompson, Hunter s., Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80's, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1988, 1, 313, 43, 0-7432-5044-3, anglicky]
Zdroj: [Resnikoff, Paul, What Hunter S. Thompson Really Said About the Music Industry…, Digital Music News, 2013-04-24, 2020-06-22, 2019-08-24, https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2013/04/24/thompson/, https://web.archive.org/web/20190824051933/https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2013/04/24/thompson/, anglicky]

Hunter S. Thompson: Citáty anglicky

“Too weird to live, too rare to die!”

Hunter S. Thompson kniha Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Zdroj: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

“Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?”

"Security" (1951); excerpted in Outlaw Journalist: The Life & Times of Hunter S. Thompson (2008), page 15
1950s

“It will be guerilla warfare on a global scale, with no front lines and no identifiable enemy”

Hunter S. Thompson kniha Kingdom of Fear

"Kingdom of Fear" (12 September 2001)
2000s
Kontext: It will be guerilla warfare on a global scale, with no front lines and no identifiable enemy … We are going to punish somebody for this attack, but just who or what will be blown to smithereens for it is hard to say. Maybe Afghanistan, maybe Pakistan or Iraq, or possibly all three at once. Who knows?

“This is going to be a very expensive war, and Victory is not guaranteed — for anyone”

"When War Drums Roll" (17 September 2001)
2000s
Kontext: This is going to be a very expensive war, and Victory is not guaranteed — for anyone, and certainly not for anyone as baffled as George W. Bush. All he knows is that his father started the war a long time ago, and that he, the goofy child-President, has been chosen by Fate and the global Oil industry to finish it. Now.

“Never turn your back on fear. It should always be in front of you, like a thing that might have to be killed.”

Zdroj: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century

“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.”

Hunter S. Thompson Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

"Fear and Loathing at the Super Bowl" (Rolling Stone #155, (28 February 1974); republished in Gonzo Papers, Vol. 1: The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time (1979), p. 49
1970s
Zdroj: Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

“It never got weird enough for me.”

Varianta: On my tombstone they will carve, "IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME.
Zdroj: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century

“I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone.”

Rolling Stone (1976)
1970s
Kontext: I have never felt comfortable around people who talk about their feelings for Jesus, or any other deity for that matter, because they are usually none too bright... Or maybe "stupid" is a better way of saying it; but I have never seen much point in getting heavy with either stupid people or Jesus freaks, just as long as they don't bother me. In a world as weird and cruel as this one we have made for ourselves, I figure anybody who can find peace and personal happiness without ripping off somebody else deserves to be left alone. They will not inherit the earth, but then neither will I... And I have learned to live, as it were, with the idea that I will never find peace and happiness, either. But as long as I know there's a pretty good chance I can get my hands on either one of them every once in a while, I do the best I can between high spots.

“Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is. They are addicts, and they are guilty and they do lie and cheat and steal — like all junkies.”

Better than Sex (22 August 1994)
1990s
Kontext: Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is. They are addicts, and they are guilty and they do lie and cheat and steal — like all junkies. And when they get in a frenzy, they will sacrifice anything and anybody to feed their cruel and stupid habit, and there is no cure for it. That is addictive thinking. That is politics — especially in presidential campaigns. That is when the addicts seize the high ground. They care about nothing else. They are salmon, and they must spawn. They are addicts.

“For words are merely tools and if you use the right ones you can actually put even your life in order, if you don't lie to yourself and use the wrong words.”

Letter to Larry Callen (14 July 1958), p. 133
1990s, The Proud Highway : The Fear and Loathing Letters Volume I (1997)
Kontext: I find that by putting things in writing I can understand them and see them a little more objectively. … For words are merely tools and if you use the right ones you can actually put even your life in order, if you don't lie to yourself and use the wrong words.

“Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, “Wow what a ride!”

Varianta: Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!
Zdroj: The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

“I drink much less than most people think, and I think much more than most people would believe.”

Zdroj: Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”

Zdroj: The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

“The Edge… There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.”

1960s, Hell's Angels: The Strange and Terrible Saga of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (1966)
Zdroj: Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
Kontext: The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others- the living- are those who pushed their luck as far as they felt they could handle it, and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later.
Kontext: But with the throttle screwed on, there is only the barest margin, and no room at all for mistakes. It has to be done right... and that's when the strange music starts, when you stretch your luck so far that fear becomes exhilaration and vibrates along your arms. You can barely see at a hundred; the tears blow back so fast that they vaporize before they get to your ears. The only sounds are the wind and a dull roar floating back from the mufflers. You watch the white line and try to lean with it... howling through a turn to the right, then to the left, and down the long hill to Pacifica... letting off now, watching for cops, but only until the next dark stretch and another few seconds on the edge... The Edge... There is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over. The others- the living- are those who pushed their luck as far as they felt they could handle it, and then pulled back, or slowed down, or did whatever they had to when it came time to choose between Now and Later. But the edge is still Out there. Or maybe it's In. The association of motorcycles with LSD is no accident of publicity. They are both a means to an end, to the place of definitions.

“I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.”

2000s, Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century (2004)

“Good people drink good beer.”

Hunter S. Thompson kniha Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Zdroj: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

“We can't stop here, this is bat country!”

Hunter S. Thompson kniha Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Zdroj: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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