Famous Quotes

Trending William S. Burroughs Quotes

Language is a virus from outer space.

William S. Burroughs

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

In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.

William S. Burroughs

Language is a virus from outer space.

William S. Burroughs

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.

William S. Burroughs

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.

William S. Burroughs

Thinking is not enough. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience - any... thing.

William S. Burroughs

The purpose of technology is not to confuse the brain but to serve the body.

William S. Burroughs

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.

William S. Burroughs

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

William S. Burroughs

In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed.

William S. Burroughs

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'

William S. Burroughs

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

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

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.

William S. Burroughs

No one owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.

William S. Burroughs

You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.

William S. Burroughs

Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning.

William S. Burroughs