More Quotes by William S. Burroughs
How long does it take man to realize that he cannot want what he wants? You have to live in hell to see heaven.
No one is ever really alone. You are part of everything alive.
There is nothing more provocative than minding your own business.
What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.
Language is a virus from outer space.
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.
In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen. The dogma of science is that the will cannot possibly affect external forces, and I think that’s just ridiculous. It’s as bad as the church. My viewpoint is the exact contrary of the scientific viewpoint. I believe that if you run into somebody in the street it’s for a reason.
After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.
To concern yourself with surface political conflicts is to make the mistake of the bull in the ring, you are charging the cloth. That is what politics is for, to teach you the cloth. Just as the bullfighter teaches the bull, teaches him to follow, obey the cloth.
The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time... and you can't see it if you refuse to face the possibility.
