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
business
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
change
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
The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic, their familiar spirits.
-William S. Burroughs
dreams
The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.
-William S. Burroughs
education
Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.
-William S. Burroughs
happiness
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
The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.
-William S. Burroughs
knowledge
Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.
-William S. Burroughs
knowledge
Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
-William S. Burroughs
learning
Admittedly, a homosexual can be conditioned to react sexually to a woman, or to an old boot for that matter. In fact, both homo - and heterosexual experimental subjects have been conditioned to react sexually to an old boot, and you can save a lot of money that way.
-William S. Burroughs
money
Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.
-William S. Burroughs
pet
In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality.
-William S. Burroughs
sad
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
society
There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.
-William S. Burroughs
society
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
travel
Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.
-William S. Burroughs
war
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