William S. Burroughs Quotes About Purpose

Quotes about: Purpose

• Happinessis a byproduct of function. Those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war.

  William S. Burroughs

  War, Victory, Purpose

  "The Place of Dead Roads".

• 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.

  William S. Burroughs

  Purpose, Machines, Danger

  Source: realitystudio.org

• The purpose of technology is not to confuse the brain but to serve the body.

  William S. Burroughs

  Technology, Brain, Purpose

• Any belief in Creators or Purpose is wishful thinking. And when you point out that perhaps ALL thinking is wishful, reactions of intense irritation give evidence that we are not dealing with logic but with faith.

  William S. Burroughs

  Thinking, Irritation, Giving

  William S. Burroughs (2013). “The Adding Machine”, p.121, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

• I do spend a great deal of time alone. I'm not very gregarious. I don't like parties and miscellaneous gatherings with no particular purpose. I think parties are largely a mistake. The bigger they are the more mistaken they are.

  William S. Burroughs

  Mistake, Party, Thinking

• The purpose of my writing is to expose and arrest Nova Criminals.

  William S. Burroughs

  Writing, Criminals, Purpose

  William S. Burroughs (2011). “Nova Express”, p.7, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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