I have never been able to properly explain myself in this climate.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- He admits difficulty in explaining himself within the current climate.
- In plain terms
- He says he can’t explain himself properly now.
- What can you take from it?
- Complex ideas may be hard to articulate in polarized times.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why is self‑explanation difficult today?
- How can one improve clarity?
Another view
The statement is vague and offers no solution.
More from Hunter S. Thompson
Breakfast is the only meal of the day that I tend to view with the same kind of traditionalized reverence that most people associate with Lunch and Dinner. I l…
Permalink to quote #91 Fear? I know not fear. There are only moments of confusion. Some of them are deeply stamped on my memory and a few will haunt me forever.
Permalink to quote #93 I went to the Democratic Convention as a journalist, and returned a cold-blooded revolutionary.(referring to the 1968 convention in Chicago]])
Permalink to quote #90
Related quotes
'What's the matter with this country is the matter with the lot of us individually- our sense of personality is a sense of outrage and we'll never get outside …
Elizabeth BowenElizabeth Bowen quote #1 Discussion in America means dissent.
James ThurberJames Thurber quote #29 People are so conditioned to take sides that a balanced analysis looks to them like hatred.
Scott AdamsScott Adams quote #30