There couldn’t be a society of people who didn’t dream. They’d be dead in two weeks.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHSThere is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
More William S. Burroughs Quotes
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Once the law starts asking questions, there’s no stopping them.
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After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say ‘I want to see the manager.’
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Home is where your ass is and if you want to move you move your ass the first step is learning to change homes with someone else and have someone else’s ass.
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A consumer society is about simplfying and degrading the consumer as well as the product.
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Panic is the sudden realization that everything around you is alive.
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After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it.
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I’m definitely antiscientist because I feel that science represents a conspiracy to impose as the real and only universe, the universe of scientists themselves – they’re reality-addicts, they’ve got to have things so real so they can get their hands on it.
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I am not a person and I am not an animal. There is something I am here for something I must do before I can go.
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By the flaws in the picture the truth will emerge.
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Do not proffer sympathy to the mentally ill; it is a bottomless pit. Tell them firmly, “I am not paid to listen to this drivel – you are a terminal fool!” Otherwise, they make you as crazy as they are.
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I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren’t cute at all, and if they are cute they very rapidly outgrow it.
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Every man has inside himself a parasitic being who is acting not at all to his advantage.
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The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.
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We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse.
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Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.
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