Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

William S. Burroughs Quotes: Thanks, for a country where nobody is allowed to mind his own business. Thanks, for a nation of finks.
         

Thanks, for a country where nobody is allowed to mind his own business. Thanks, for a nation of finks.


William S. Burroughs
Check all other quotes by William S. Burroughs

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"William S. Burroughs Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 22 Nov. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Thanks-for-a-country-where-nobody-is-1160929>.





Check out


Other quotes of William S. Burroughs


We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse

We must all face the fact that our leaders are certifiably insane or worse



After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'



After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.

After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it.



Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.

Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.



What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.

What does the money machine eat? It eats youth, spontaneity, life, beauty, and, above all, it eats creativity. It eats quality and sh*ts quantity.



I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.

I think anybody incapable of changing his mind is crazy.



Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.

Man is an artifact designed for space travel. He is not designed to remain in his present biologic state any more than a tadpole is designed to remain a tadpole.



The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.

The cat does not offer services. The cat offers itself.



Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.



Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.

Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.





Other quotes you may like




I collect a lot of clothes when I travel around the world.

I collect a lot of clothes when I travel around the world.



All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.



To go out there and play and have fun and hopefully win a championship. That's my goal.

To go out there and play and have fun and hopefully win a championship. That's my goal.



But the tune ends too soon for us all

But the tune ends too soon for us all



If my team won a national title and no one got drafted, I'd be disappointed.

If my team won a national title and no one got drafted, I'd be disappointed.



My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.



Every authentic artist is engaged in this creating of the conscience of the race, even though he or she may be unaware of the fact.

Every authentic artist is engaged in this creating of the conscience of the race, even though he or she may be unaware of the fact.



Many useful and valuable books lie buried in shops and libraries, unknown and unexamined, unless some lucky compiler opens them by chance, and finds an easy spoil of wit and learning.

Many useful and valuable books lie buried in shops and libraries, unknown and unexamined, unless some lucky compiler opens them by chance, and finds an easy spoil of wit and learning.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Thanks, for a country where nobody is allowed to mind his own business. Thanks, for a nation of finks.". Author of this quote is William S. Burroughs. This quote is about country, thanks, own business, mind,.