Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

So you know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna do something really outrageous, I'm gonna tell the truth.

I am what I am and I'm a horrible liar. I can't do it. I'm just very candid.

Most style is not honest enough.

I say what other people won't.

The art of life is to show your hand.

Keep it simple. Tell the truth. People can smell the truth.

I'm a tell-it-like-it-is kind of person; I don't like being misled or someone not telling the truth. That upsets me.

Being slick is not the right answer.

I lie very little and am a very straight-forward person.

I've always spoken my mind and from the heart.

People want to see politicians who are not afraid to speak the truth. They want them to be honest, no matter how uncomfortable it is.

I have little time for sincerity.

I feel like when you just say what the truth is, you can't really comment more than that.

But here's the thing about being honest: All the liars HATE you for it, and most of the people in the world are liars. They lie to their bosses, they lie to their families, they lie to themselves, they lie so much they don't even know they're lying anymore. If you have the courage to be honest even a little bit all those people will hate you for it, because their lie is reflected in your honesty. Oscar Wilde wasn't kidding when he said, "If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you."

Truth, as ever, avoids the stranger.

The truth is a precious commodity. That's why I use it so sparingly.

John McEnroe is the most honest and real person I have ever interviewed.

You want me to tell me the truth or do you want me to stroke you?

I just have an inability to lie.

I felt that it's best just to be as transparent as possible.

I have the fault of being a little more sincere than is proper.

It's a waste of time for people to say things they think other people want to hear, or try and come off in a certain way. I try to be as honest as I can.

You ask me a question, I'm going to give you an honest answer.

The words of truth are simple.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.