William S Burroughs Quotes Quotes & Sayings

But you could not blame someone for dying. For leaving on purpose, perhaps, as her brother had left her and her parents, but not for dying, the power over which was surely beyond the grasp of any mortal human. — Cassandra Clare

There was never anything that did not proceed from a thought. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

We singers have a different level of responsibility from other musicians. We have words that we must convey; we have meanings that we must convey through these lyrics. — Jessye Norman

The senses do not deceive us, but the judgment does. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

...by shortening the labours doubled the life of the astronomer.

{On the benefit of John Napier's logarithms.} — Pierre-Simon Laplace

I know what I can do to a girl with a word, a look, a touch. And I want to do them all to her. — Michelle Hodkin

People who wade into discomfort and vulnerability and tell the truth about their stories are the real badasses. — Brene Brown

Complaint is often the result of an insufficient ability to live within the obvious restrictions of this god damned cage. — Charles Bukowski

You just can't fake chemistry. — Michael Trucco

Real change does not and cannot come independently of the gospel, which is the good news that even though we're more defective and lost than we ever imagined, we can be more accepted and loved than we ever dared hope, because Jesus Christ lived, died, and rose again for sinners like you and — Tullian Tchividjian

Paranoia is just having the right information. — William S. Burroughs

You can't will something into being. If you follow that philosophy all the way, to will something into being, that's animal style. That's what man does. But if you're looking at the philosophy correctly, and I never did - I like to think I did sometimes - you have to do it without ego, without the I. You have to separate yourself. — Zack Snyder

The most important step to living a better life is to choose to put God first daily. — Elizabeth George

I would never talk just to be social. Now, to sit down with a bunch of engineers and talk about the latest concrete forming systems, that's really interesting. Talking with animal behaviorists or with someone who likes to sail, that's interesting. Information is interesting to me. But talking for the sake of talking, I find that quite boring. — Temple Grandin

I learned, whatever you hung from my earlobes or out on my back, I was insoluble, like same in water. Stir me up, I always rest on the bottom — Janet Fitch