English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

William S. Burroughs Quotes

My greatest strength is to have a great capacity to confront myself no matter how unpleasant. My greatest weakness is that I don't. I know that's enigmatic, but that's sort of a general formula for anyone, actually.

William S. Burroughs

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

The scene was attempted a second time, up on top of the fort, and cameras didn't even roll. Michael, though he wasn't admitting it, wasn't sure how to shoot the scene. Madeleine Stowe
This, this indeed is to be accursed, For if we mortals love, or if we sing, We count our joys not by what we have, But by what kept us from that perfect thing. Paul Laurence Dunbar
In the 9th grade I began my first wage work for the West Side Drug store delivering prescriptions and sundries on my bicycle to customers who called in orders. Vernon L. Smith
Arthur Conan Doyle quote: "Shall the world, then, be overrun by oysters?"
Shall the world, then, be overrun by oysters? Arthur Conan Doyle
Francis Quarles quote: "Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath..."
Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail. Francis Quarles
The founding document of the United States of America acknowledges the Lordship of Jesus Christ because we are a Christian nation. Pat Robertson
George W. Bush quote: "Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear."
Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear. George W. Bush
Most producers I've known were writers first, and writing is a vital part of any game show. You could easily argue that the writing is the key ingredient that makes 'Jeopardy!' so great. Randy West
Thomas Keller quote: "Some of the recipes in the book have evolved for us. Many..."
Some of the recipes in the book have evolved for us. Many haven't. Thomas Keller
Philip Sidney quote: "It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree..."
It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened. Philip Sidney
We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us that they may see, it may be, their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer, perhaps even with a fiercer life because of our quiet. William Butler Yeats
So I think that we're in a very heightened and somewhat unusual period of politics and polling around the countries that New Zealanders take close interest in. Jim Bolger
Evelyn Glennie quote: "I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because..."
I often play on the cello-bass side of the orchestra, because I prefer the deep sounds. I can't hear the violins well. Evelyn Glennie
Finally, the truth. Lying with his face pressed into the dusty carpet of the office where he had once thought he was learning the secrets of victory, Harry understood at last that he was not supposed to survive. J. K. Rowling
It's one of my biggest internal struggles - the whole schooling system in London and the fact that my kids are going to a posh school. It freaks me out. Stella McCartney