William S. Burroughs Quotes

By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.

William S. Burroughs

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• Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly.

  

  Irene Peter
  • Thinking
  • Today
  • Confused

• 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.

  

  Jack Kilby
  • Think
  • Pretty
  • Know

• I love showing my scar on my tummy - it is shaped like a question mark.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • Love
  • Question
  • Like

• 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.

  

  Oliver Joseph Lodge
  • Soul
  • Death
  • Process

• 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.

  

  Barkhad Abdi
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• The late development of mass industrial organization in the United States has both stimulated and retarded the political development of the American working class.

  

  C. L. R. James
  • American
  • Political
  • Organization

• A relationship with an imaginary woman is preferable to a relationship with a real one.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Real
  • Relationship
  • Woman

• 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.

  

  Alain Aspect
  • Why
  • Everyday

• Con mi encadenamiento a la tierra pago la libertad de mis ojos.

  

  Antonio Porchia

• 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.

  

  Denis Diderot
  • People
  • World
  • Death

• I don't really know how music and comedy are similar. I try never to dissect it theoretically or academically.

  

  Eric Andre
  • Music
  • Comedy

• My dad is too cute. Every morning, he sends me one motivational quote. I have a folder full of all his quotes.

  

  Alia Bhatt
  • Dad
  • Morning
  • Motivational

• 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.

  

  Joe Theismann
  • People
  • Small

• I plan to die at my desk.

  

  Don Hewitt
  • Die

• 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!

  

  Mary J. Blige
  • Music

• Asking for a royally appointed prime minister is undemocratic. It is, pardon me, a mess. It is irrational.

  

  Bhumibol Adulyadej

• 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.

  

  Alexa Chung
  • Eyes
  • Makeup

• 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.

  

  Kenneth Scott Latourette
  • History

• 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.

  

  Carre Otis
  • Yoga
  • Meaning

• My confidence is easy to shake. I am very well aware of all of my flaws. I am aware of all the insecurities that I have.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Confidence
  • Flaws
  • Shake

• I can get my head turned by a good-looking guy as much as the next girl. But sexy doesn't impress me. Smart impresses me, strength of character impresses me. But most of all, I am impressed by kindness. Kindness, I think, comes from learning hard lessons well, from falling and picking yourself up. It comes from surviving failure and loss. It implies an understanding of the human condition, forgives its many flaws and quirks. When I see that in someone, it fills me with admiration.

  

  Lisa Unger
  • Up
  • Good
  • Character

• Well, uh, all people - all, I think all human begins, uh, have good attributes, and they also have their flaws.

  

  Scott McClellan
  • People
  • Human
  • Flaws

• We will make La Perla a great international brand for beauty and feminine luxury.

  

  Silvio Scaglia
  • Beauty
  • Luxury
  • International Brand

• By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.

  

  William S. Burroughs
  • Flaws