William S. Burroughs Quotes

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

Love, Care, Nothing

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, State, Present

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.
William S. Burroughs

Education, Knowledge, Values

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will crawl through a sewer and beg to buy.
William S. Burroughs

Through, Talk, Necessary

Be just and if you can't be just, be arbitrary.
William S. Burroughs

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.
William S. Burroughs

Black, Magic, Effective

Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?
William S. Burroughs

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.
William S. Burroughs

Pleasure, Perhaps, Relief

The only possible ethic is to do what one wants to do.
William S. Burroughs

Possible, Wants, Ethic

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, Care, Off

Like all pure creatures, cats are practical.
William S. Burroughs

Pet, Cats, Pure

You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.
William S. Burroughs

Good, Fake, Quality

Your knowledge of what is going on can only be superficial and relative.
William S. Burroughs

Knowledge, Relative

Smash the control images. Smash the control machine.
William S. Burroughs

Control, Machine, Images

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: February 5, 1914

Died: August 2, 1997

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