William S. Burroughs Quotes

I see no reason why the artistic world can't absolutely merge with Madison Avenue. Pop art is a move in that direction. Why can't we have advertisements with beautiful words and beautiful images?

William S. Burroughs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 5, 1914 - August 2, 1997

Topics

BeautifulArtWordsWorldDirection

My first concert was Pantera.

John Gourley

FirstConcert

The arc of the American story is long, it is bumpy and uncertain, but it always bends toward a more perfect union.

Jeh Johnson

StoryAmericanLongPerfectMore

You can wax on so much about your figure and your skin and your face and all of those really important, and I'm all about skin and keeping it healthy, but if you don't have confidence, none of it matters.

Andreja Pejic

ConfidenceFaceYouSkinHealthy

Part of the beauty of the show in a way is that he's not perfect, but you can always count on him to do the right thing in a pinch. That's why he inspires people and inspires me.

Stephen Collins

BeautyDo The Right ThingPeopleMe

Coming together should be considered something positive for people and communities. When thoughts come together, that can be more positive than an individual thought.

Amitabh Bachchan

PositiveTogetherPeopleThoughts

The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.

Ruby Dee

StrengthBeautyCourageDignityKind

The trouble is, I just don't know if I'm too human or not human enough.

Louis Theroux

EnoughTroubleKnowHumanJustToo

I used to sit in bed at night and flip through design-school catalogs. I found out that Parsons accepted a small number of high school juniors, so I applied my sophomore year and got in.

Chris Benz

SchoolNightSmallHigh SchoolYear

The general public has been conditioned to think 'comics = superheroes' for as long as caped crusaders have been around - by critics, mass media, and Marvel and DC themselves, who have what you might call a vested interest.

Antony Johnston

ThinkMediaLongYouCriticsCall

If God can bring blessing from the broken body of Jesus and glory from something that's obscene as the cross, He can bring blessing from my problems and my pain and my unanswered prayer.

Anne Graham Lotz

GodBlessingPrayerPainBroken

For me, having characters who are part of a faith then allows me to talk about how that faith either works or fails them without having to attack the institution.

Alice McDermott

FaithMeTalkWithoutInstitution

People sometimes ask when I learned to love myself. But that was not the issue.

Winnie Harlow

LoveMyselfPeopleSometimesAsk

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