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Quote by William S. Burroughs

“If you talk you always end up with politics, it gets nowhere. I mean man it's strictly from the soft typewriter.”

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William S. Burroughs was an American novelist known for his unique writing style and his significant influence on postmodern literature. His works often involve social criticism, political satire, and surrealistic elements. more

“For any species to change, if they are unable and are unwilling to do so - I might, for example, have suggested to the dinosaurs that heavy armor and great size was a sinking ship, and that they do well to convert to mammal facilities - it would not lie in my power or desire to reconvert a reluctant dinosaur.”

Ifs Wells Might Lying Desire Example Species Size Heavy Ships Facility Unwilling Armor Dinosaurs Reluctant Sinking Mammals

Author:William S. Burroughs

“Now all politicians assume a necessity of control, the more efficient the control the better.”

Politician Assuming Efficient

Author:William S. Burroughs

“All political organizations tend to function like a machine, to eliminate the unpredictable factor of affect - emotion.”

Political Emotion Machines Organization Function Factors Unpredictable

Author:William S. Burroughs

“If all individuals were conditioned to machine efficiency in the performance of their duties there would have to be at least one person outside the machine to give the necessary orders; if the machine absorbed or eliminated all those outside the machine, the machine will slow down and stop forever.”

Ifs Giving Persons Order Individual Forever Duty Machines Performances Down And Efficiency Slow Down

Author:William S. Burroughs

“Any unchecked impulse does, within the human body and psyche, lead to the destruction of the organism.”

Humans Doe Body Destruction Impulse Organisms Human Body

Author:William S. Burroughs

“The whole point is, I feel the machine should be eliminated. Now that it has served its purpose of alerting us to the dangers of machine control.”

Feels Should Whole Purpose Danger Machines

Author:William S. Burroughs

“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.”

Feels Real Hands Reality Universe Scientist Conspiracy Addict

Author:William S. Burroughs

“Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.”

Want Inspirational May Opportunity Given Missing Comfortable Who You Are March Missing You

Author:Jon Bon Jovi

“We have a great elaborate machine which I feel has to be completely dismantled - in order to do that we need people who understand how the machine works - the mass media - unparalleled opportunity.”

People Needs Feels Order Opportunity Media Mass Machines Mass Media

Author:William S. Burroughs

“All political movements are basically anti-creative - since a political movement is a form of war.”

War Form Political Creative Movement Political Movements

Author:William S. Burroughs

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