William S. Burroughs Quotes

William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
American Writer
Born: Feb 5, 1914
Died: Aug 2, 1997
Any Only People Who World You
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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military. William S. Burroughs
People Police Hell Military Live Society Guns Only Take Allowed Sure Always Shooting Where Want After Who Away
Sometimes paranoia's just having all the facts. William S. Burroughs
Sometimes All The Facts Paranoia Having Facts Just
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.' William S. Burroughs
Space Say Visitor Would Outer Outer Space See Look Manager Any Want After Planet
Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape. William S. Burroughs
Hope Change Desperation Everything Drastic Drastic Change Those Only Raw Raw Material Material Leave Escape Behind Who Believed Ever
Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war. William S. Burroughs
Happiness War Conflict Victory Those Seek Purpose Without Itself Who Function
How I hate those who are dedicated to producing conformity. William S. Burroughs
Hate Those How Conformity Producing Dedicated Who
You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence. William S. Burroughs
Alone Religion Silence You Country Live Must No Country Allies Learn Exist
The purpose of technology is not to confuse the brain but to serve the body. William S. Burroughs
Technology Confuse Purpose Brain Body Serve
A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on. William S. Burroughs
Paranoid Someone Knows Going Little Who
Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact. William S. Burroughs
Change Political Mind Architects Fact Implement Real Artists Legislators After Who
The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing. William S. Burroughs
Love Buy You Pet Care Nothing Cat He Course Does Shelter Itself Offer Offers Wants Services
Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller. William S. Burroughs
Love Natural Most
Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing. William S. Burroughs
Silence Communication People Only Frightening Who
Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has. William S. Burroughs
Business World Mind Trouble Own Virus Has-Been No Business Folks More Smallpox Most Because Caused Been Than Any Who
No one owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death. William S. Burroughs
Life Death No-One Pick Up Owns Anyone Frying Who Pan
If everyone is to be made responsible for everything they do, you must extend responsibility beyond the level of conscious intention. William S. Burroughs
You Responsibility Made Everyone Everything Responsible Must Beyond Intention Extend Conscious Level
I see no reason why the artistic world can't absolutely merge with Madison Avenue. Pop art is a move in that direction. Why can't we have advertisements with beautiful words and beautiful images? William S. Burroughs
Beautiful Art Words World Avenue Madison Madison Avenue See Direction No Reason Absolutely Merge Advertisement Beautiful Words Artistic Move Pop Pop Art Reason Why Images
I am getting so far out one day I won't come back at all. William S. Burroughs
Day Back One Day Out Come Am Getting Far
Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: 'For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you.' William S. Burroughs
God You Eyes People See Writers Open Most Message Principal Around Sake Going Them Notice Your Keep
Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage. William S. Burroughs
Man Every Inside Parasitic Advantage Himself His Being Acting Who Every Man
This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be based on war and games. William S. Burroughs
War Time Nature Universe Other Ours Seems Principles Sort May Games Based Universes
Visual art and writing don't exist on an aesthetic hierarchy that positions one above the other, because each is capable of things the other can't do at all. Sometimes one picture is equal to 30 pages of discourse, just as there are things images are completely incapable of communicating. William S. Burroughs
Art Writing Sometimes Picture Positions Other Hierarchy Visual Above Equal Because Aesthetic Discourse Exist Just Capable Communicating Incapable Pages Each Things Images
Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm? William S. Burroughs
First Came Which
My relationships with my cats has saved me from a deadly, pervasive ignorance. William S. Burroughs
Me Ignorance Cats Saved Relationships Deadly Pervasive
You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal. William S. Burroughs
Good You Quality Meal Good Meal More Fake Than Any
Changes... can only be effected by alterations in the original. The only thing not prerecorded in a prerecorded universe are the prerecordings themselves. The copies can only repeat themselves word for word. A virus is a copy. You can pretty it up, cut it up, scramble it - it will reassemble in the same form. William S. Burroughs
You Word Will Universe Changes Virus Pretty Only Alteration Repeat Effected Up Scramble Same The Only Thing Form Cut Themselves Original Thing Copies Copy
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