William S. Burroughs Quotes

Junk is the ideal product... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will crawl through a sewer and beg to buy.

William S. Burroughs

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ProductWillTalkSalesThroughBuy

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

Melody Beattie

TodayGratitudeThankfulVisionPast

The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.

Jean Ingelow

NatureFlowersMoonNightLooksSee

Biomedical research is only as good as its delivery. Distribution of medicines by charities is no more than a stopgap.

John Sulston

GoodResearchMoreDeliveryOnly

You can't teach somebody how to be a good writer.

Robert Ben Garant

GoodYouTeachSomebodyWriterHow

Hands-on experience is the best way to learn about all the interdisciplinary aspects of robotics.

Rodney Brooks

BestExperienceLearnWayRobotics

ESPN is a very, very good operation, and it's a gold mine. It's an even bigger gold mine than Fox News.

Rupert Murdoch

GoodGoldNewsFoxBiggerMine

Growth in the Chinese automobile market has exceeded everyone's expectations.

Martin Winterkorn

GrowthExpectationsAutomobileMarket

The whole thing about the way I approach work is to be surprised by an opportunity when it comes up. So I have no idea what I will be doing next, and I kind of like that.

Jonny Lee Miller

WorkOpportunityDoingKindWayUp

I wrote poetry and short stories. I would send them to magazines; they wouldn't get in. But short stories are how I found philosophy and how I'd understand the world.

Dee Rees

PoetryWorldShortPhilosophyGet

The best feeling I ever get is when I finish a song, and it exists, and it didn't exist before, and now it's there, and it makes me feel a certain way.

Conor Oberst

BestMeSongFeelFeelingWay

I talk too quiet, and I have to yell on stage.

Clea Duvall

QuietTalkStageYellToo

I remember learning how to play 'The Fool On The Hill' on piano when I was in maybe fifth grade.

Britt Daniel

LearningFoolRememberPlayHill

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by William S. Burroughs