“No sympathy for the Devil, keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride.”
-Hunter S. Thompson-
Dose of Dr. Gonzo
“Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life.”
-Hunter S. Thompson-
Authors on Working
Several Cents Worth of Common Sense
- “The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.” -Arthur Miller-
- “You should not confuse your career with your life.” -Dave Barry-
- “Do not whine…Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.” -Joan Didion-
- “Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson-
- “Apparently I lack some particular perversion which today’s employer is seeking.” -Patrick Kennedy Toole-
- “If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you are a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.” -Kurt Vonnegut-
- “In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not subversive.” -Bill Waterson-
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Dose of Dr. Gonzo
“Life is beautiful and living is pain.”
-Hunter S. Thompson-
Dose of Dr. Gonzo
“A word to the wise is infuriating.”
-Hunter S. Thompson-
Authors on Borrowing
Six Bits of Wisdom to Borrow
- “Neither a borrower nor lender be; for loan oft loses both itself and friend.” -William Shakespeare-
- “The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend.” -Charles Lamb-
- “Acquaintance (n). A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.” -Ambrose Bierce-
- “To forget, or pretend to do so, to return a borrowed article, is the meanest sort of petty theft.” -Samuel Johnson-
- “Borrow trouble for yourself, if that is your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.” -Rudyard Kipling-
- “Sure, I have friends, plenty of friends, and they’ll all come around wantin’ to borrow money. I’ve always been generous with my friends and family, with money, but selfish with the important stuff like love.” -Richard Pryor-
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Dose of Dr. Gonzo
“Good people drink good beer.”
-Hunter S. Thompson-
Dose of Dr. Gonzo
“No one has to do something he doesn’t want to do for the rest of his life. But then again, if that’s what you wind up doing, by all means convince yourself you had to do it. You’ll have lots of company.”
-Hunter S. Thompson-
Dose of Dr. Gonzo
“The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but to those who can see it coming and jump aside.”
-Hunter S. Thompson-
Dose of Dr. Gonzo
“I don’t see how you can respect yourself if you must look into the hearts and minds of others for your happiness”
-Hunter S. Thompson-
