surely you can pick a better F&L quote than that, fer fuck's sake. how about...

"Let's get down to brass tacks here. How much for the ape?"

or...

"Bazooko Circus is what the other half of the world would be doing on a Saturday night if the Nazis had won the war."

maybe...

"Clean your shorts! *megaphone blare* Clean your shorts, goddamnit, like a big boy!"

and why not...

"Oh, you scurvy, scheister bastard. I'm a doctor of journalism, man."

and...

"*gasp* Who said anything about cutting you, man? I was just gonna carve a little 'Z' in your forehead."

then there's...

"The place had turned into a fucking reptile zoo... and somebody was giving booze to these goddamned things."

and we'll end with the one quote that perfectly illustrates Thompson's life...

"Welcome to the freak kingdom."