William S. Burroughs Quotes

He asked if i wouldn't like to live completely without problems, say in greece maybe, nice climate, everything provided? i say: "when we find out what we are actually doing and who we actually are, that is the point of living...it may be only a few seconds...a few seconds of significant actions, out of a lifetime.

William S. Burroughs

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• When you really start figuring things out as a quarterback, you realize you don't have to be perfect every time, but you do have to be quick and decisive.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • Time
  • Perfect
  • Start

• We all, as engineers, doctors, have a big responsibility to bring smiles on the faces of suffering humanity.

  

  N. R. Narayana Murthy
  • Responsibility
  • Humanity
  • Suffering

• I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.

  

  Ursula Andress
  • Life
  • Food
  • Cats

• Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Art
  • Play
  • Politics

• I lose film roles because I'm a person who doesn't keep quiet about certain things. But if my heart tells me something is wrong, I'm going to go and do something about it.

  

  Q'orianka Kilcher
  • Film
  • Person
  • Certain

• Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.

  

  Saint Ambrose
  • May
  • Door
  • Voice

• There is no doubt that the majority of Kansas Citians are happy with their three-terminal airport. I will advocate in Washington for our city to keep its unique airport as long as we want it.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Long
  • Happy
  • City

• The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less profound than the Buddha's atheism is that represented in the Bible by Job and Jeremiah.

  

  Walter Kaufmann
  • World
  • God
  • Job

• Death is less bitter punishment than death's delay.

  

  Ovid
  • Death
  • Bitter
  • Less

• I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.

  

  Patrice Leconte
  • Preparation
  • Dwell

• Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.

  

  Valentina Zelyaeva
  • Good
  • Water
  • Morning

• My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • People
  • Wish
  • Books

• Teams that play together beat those teams with superior players who play more as individuals.

  

  Jack Ramsay
  • Together
  • Play
  • Beat

• The actors in 'Eight Men Out' really know how to play, and the background athletes are all professionals.

  

  D. B. Sweeney
  • Men
  • Know
  • Play

• You can always plan where you think your life is going to go but I don't think you can really plan your future.

  

  Jack McCollough
  • Life
  • Think
  • Future

• I can never sit still. I wanna hurl myself into life.

  

  Madi Diaz
  • Life
  • Myself
  • I Can

• If you are in banking and lending, surprise outcomes are likely to be negative for you.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • You
  • Negative
  • Surprise

• India does not need to become anything else. India must become only India. This is a country that once upon a time was called the golden bird.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Time
  • Country
  • Bird

• I was up above it. Now, I'm down in it.

  

  Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails
  • Up

• When I started running cross-country and track in high school, literally every race was a failure.

  Chad Hurley
  • Country
  • School
  • High

• While some sit on the sidelines and fail to offer any practical solutions to address high gas prices now, the House is once again taking action to meet the energy needs of the American people.

  

  Dave Reichert
  • People
  • American
  • High

• 'Just as work is the curse of the drinking classes of this country,' Wilde said laughing, 'so education is the curse of the acting classes.'

  

  Frank Harris
  • Work
  • Country
  • Education

• You can be funny and say what you mean; these ideas are not mutually exclusive. Some of the best jokes came from people who meant it. See: Pryor, Bruce, Carlin, etc.

  

  Hari Kondabolu
  • People
  • Funny
  • Best

• He asked if i wouldn't like to live completely without problems, say in greece maybe, nice climate, everything provided? i say: "when we find out what we are actually doing and who we actually are, that is the point of living...it may be only a few seconds...a few seconds of significant actions, out of a lifetime.

  

  William S. Burroughs
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