William S. Burroughs Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly.
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How are we doing in the electronics field as opposed to, you know, we hear how advanced the Japanese are? Do you think we're still pretty competitive? Oh, yes.
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I love showing my scar on my tummy - it is shaped like a question mark.
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They definitely mean to maintain that the process called death is a mere severence of soul and body, and that the soul is freed rather than injured thereby.
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I used to play football all the time. In the U.S., people don't play football, so I had to learn basketball. Looking back, that's what I like about my life - doing new things, having a new perspective.
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The late development of mass industrial organization in the United States has both stimulated and retarded the political development of the American working class.
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A relationship with an imaginary woman is preferable to a relationship with a real one.
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Certainly we do not need quantum mechanics for macroscopic objects, which are well described by classical physics – this is the reason why quantum mechanics seems so foreign to our everyday existence.
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Con mi encadenamiento a la tierra pago la libertad de mis ojos.
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People praise virtue, but they hate it, they run away from it. It freezes you to death, and in this world you've got to keep your feet warm.
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I don't really know how music and comedy are similar. I try never to dissect it theoretically or academically.
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My dad is too cute. Every morning, he sends me one motivational quote. I have a folder full of all his quotes.
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I was always told that I was too small, too skinny, too slow, not tough enough, and I never ever believed what people told me.
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I plan to die at my desk.
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Thank you so much for supporting me from the day I stepped foot into the music industry. It really means something to me to have Maya Angelou speak on my behalf. It also means a lot to have Oprah on my speed dial!
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Asking for a royally appointed prime minister is undemocratic. It is, pardon me, a mess. It is irrational.
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When I'm wearing makeup, I choose between doing my eyes or mouth because I don't want to look like a beauty pageant child.
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The history of Christianity, therefore, must be of concern to all who are interested in the record of man and particularly to all who seek to understand the contemporary human scene.
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DNCE is “dance without the a.” It’s not a perfect word, and you don’t always have to be a perfect dancer to dance. Life is just sometimes not perfect.
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When I consider the deeper meaning of yoga, I realize it's about a lot more than simply performing a variety of postures on a mat.
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Why does it appear that interested readers so often attribute flaws to 'the press' rather than taking particular issue with particular reports?
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The best you can hope for in a relationship is to find someone whose flaws are the sort you don’t mind. It is futile to look for someone who has no flaws, or someone who is capable of significant change; that sort of person exists only in our imaginations.
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Well, uh, all people - all, I think all human begins, uh, have good attributes, and they also have their flaws.
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By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.
