Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Hunter S. Thompson Quotes: Old elephants limp off to the hills to die; old Americans go out to the highway and drive themselves to death with huge cars.
         

Old elephants limp off to the hills to die; old Americans go out to the highway and drive themselves to death with huge cars.


Hunter S. Thompson
Check all other quotes by Hunter S. Thompson

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Hunter S. Thompson Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Wed. 06 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Old-elephants-limp-off-to-the-hills-662051>.





Check out


Other quotes of Hunter S. Thompson


The downward spiral of Dumbness in America is about to hit a new low.

The downward spiral of Dumbness in America is about to hit a new low.



Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.

Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.



When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.



I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone's imagination.

I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone's imagination.



Human beings are the only creatures on earth that claim a God and the only thing that behaves like it hasn't got one.

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that claim a God and the only thing that behaves like it hasn't got one.



Sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind but falling in love and not getting arrested.

Sleep late, have fun, get wild, drink whisky and drive fast on empty streets with nothing in mind but falling in love and not getting arrested.



America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.

America... just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.



So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: 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?

So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: 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?



Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.

Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.



Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Life is beautiful and living is pain.

Hope rises and dreams flicker and die. Love plans for tomorrow and loneliness thinks of yesterday. Life is beautiful and living is pain.





Other quotes you may like


I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE... AND TELL EVERYONE... THAT THIS IS HAPPENING... IN THE CENTURY TWENTY-ONE

I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE... AND TELL EVERYONE... THAT THIS IS HAPPENING... IN THE CENTURY TWENTY-ONE



Just go with your gut and communicate.

Just go with your gut and communicate.



A quart bottle should hold a quart.

A quart bottle should hold a quart.



There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.

There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.



Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.

Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.



Im a sucker for accents and any man who can actually sing and serenade you.

Im a sucker for accents and any man who can actually sing and serenade you.



Intimidation doesn't last very long.

Intimidation doesn't last very long.



I wouldn't count myself as being a true blues guitarist because I feel you have to live it.

I wouldn't count myself as being a true blues guitarist because I feel you have to live it.



We all have an escape. Mine was theater.

We all have an escape. Mine was theater.



Malice is of the boomerang character, and is apt to turn upon the projector.

Malice is of the boomerang character, and is apt to turn upon the projector.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Old elephants limp off to the hills to die; old Americans go out to the highway and drive themselves to death with huge cars.". Author of this quote is Hunter S. Thompson. This quote is about death, huge, hills, car, elephants,.