Over 15,000 quotations and famous quotes.
quotes and quotations
Home
Search Quotes
Browse Quotes
My Quotes
Quote Forum
Documents
Submit a Quote
Report an Error
QuoteWorld
::
William Seward Burroughs
:: So cheat your landlord if you ...
View Quote
Email this Quote
"So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal." -
Copy to Clipboard
--
William Seward Burroughs
Add Quote To Your Quote List
Listed in:
Change
,
Evil
Rating:
5
1 votes submitted
Rate Quote
Sponsored Links
Top 5 quotes from William Seward Burroughs
"The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself. Of course he wants care and shelter. You don't buy love for nothing. Like all pure creatures, cats are practical."
"In the U.S. you have to be a deviant or exist in extreme boredom...Make no mistake; all intellectuals are deviants in the U.S."
"Junk is the ultimate merchandise. The junk merchant does not sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to the product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise, he degrades and simplifies the client."
Top 5 quotes from Change, Evil
"By a tranquil mind I mean nothing else than a mind well ordered."
"There are some people that if they don't know, you can't tell 'em."
"It is a secret both in nature and state, that it is safer to change many things than one."
"It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page."
"People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned."
Contact Us
Our Links
Link to Us
Submit a Quote
Bookmark Us
Request a Document
QuoteWorld © 2008