Hunter S Thompson Buy The Ticket Take The Ride – Fresh

"No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride... and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well... maybe chalk it up to forced consciousness expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten". Core Philosophy

: Once you have "bought the ticket"—committed to a path or experience—there is no turning back; you must see it through to the end. hunter s thompson buy the ticket take the ride

While often quoted in isolation, the phrase is part of a longer passage reflecting on the intense, often self-inflicted chaos of Thompson's (and his protagonist Raoul Duke's) lifestyle: "No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind