--- title: "6 Alcohol Quotes By William S. Burroughs" description: "6 Alcohol quotes by William S. Burroughs. Plus more from William S. Burroughs and more Alcohol sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/831/william-s-burroughs-528_alcohol_the-hallucinogens-produce-visionary-stat_362644.jpg" --- > [The hallucinogens produce visionary states, sort of, but morphine and its derivatives decrease awareness of inner processes, thoughts and feelings. They are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/the-hallucinogens-produce-visionary-states-sort-of-but-morphine-and/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/831/william-s-burroughs-528_alcohol_the-hallucinogens-produce-visionary-stat_362644.jpg) > [Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with special horror.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/our-national-drug-is-alcohol-we-tend-to-regard-the-use-any-other-drug/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/498/william-s-burroughs-528_alcohol_our-national-drug-is-alcohol-we-tend-to_1210530.png) > [I meant that people will take anything that gives them a lift, whether it's alcohol or cocaine or the consciousness-expanding drugs or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-meant-that-people-will-take-anything-that-gives-them-a-lift-whether/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dd/william-s-burroughs-528_addict_i-meant-that-people-will-take-anything-t_1394605.jpg) > [All political movements are basically anti-creative - since a political movement is a form of war. "There's no place for impractical dreamers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/all-political-movements-are-basically-anti-creative-since-a-political-2/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69e/william-s-burroughs-528_alcohol_all-political-movements-are-basically-an_2054685.jpg) > [ \[Political movements\] both favor alcohol and are against pot. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/political-movements-both-favor-alcohol-and-are-against-pot/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38d/william-s-burroughs-528_alcohol_political-movements-both-favor-alcohol-a_2802439.png) > [Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/junk-is-not-like-alcohol-or-weed-a-means-to-increased-enjoyment-of/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a54/william-s-burroughs-528_alcohol_junk-is-not-like-alcohol-or-weed-a-means_3007178.png) ## Other authors on Alcohol - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nikhil-saluja-71464.jpg) Nikhil Saluja 43 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/nikhil-saluja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-johnny-depp-52599.jpg) Johnny Depp 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/johnny-depp/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-bukowski-22166.jpg) Charles Bukowski 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/charles-bukowski/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elton-john-32880.jpg) Elton John 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/elton-john/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/christopher-hitchens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-winston-churchill-96197.jpg) Winston Churchill 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/winston-churchill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-robin-williams-80466.jpg) Robin Williams 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/robin-williams/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-buffett-49948.jpg) Jimmy Buffett 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/jimmy-buffett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-ernest-hemingway-33795.jpg) Ernest Hemingway 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/ernest-hemingway/) ## More by William S. Burroughs > [“Control never be a means to any practical end. It can never be a means to anything but more control… Like punk.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/control-never-be-a-means-to-any-practical-end-it-can-never-be-a-means/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [“Well as, one judge said to the other, 'Be just and if you can't be just be arbitrary.' Regret cannot observe customary obscenities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/well-as-one-judge-said-to-the-other-be-just-and-if-you-can-t-be-just/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/after-one-look-at-this-planet-any-visitor-from-outer-space-would-say/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [For seven days she lay in bed looking sullenly at the ceiling as though resenting the death she had cultivated for so many years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/for-seven-days-she-lay-in-bed-looking-sullenly-at-the-ceiling-as/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [When you stop growing you start dying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/when-you-stop-growing-you-start-dying/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [Life is a cutup. And to pretend that you write or paint in a timeless vacuum is just simply . . . not .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/life-is-a-cutup-and-to-pretend-that-you-write-or-paint-in-a-timeless/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [When all lies, deceit, pretense is stripped away, what remains? The truth of a painting, or a book or a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/when-all-lies-deceit-pretense-is-stripped-away-what-remains-the-truth/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [“There is no final enough of wisdom, experience - any fucking thing. No Holy Grail, No Final Satori, no solution. Just conflict. Only thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/there-is-no-final-enough-of-wisdom-experience-any-fucking-thing-no/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [“For John Dillinger In hope he is still alive Thanksgiving Day, November 28, 1986 In hope he is still alive Thanks for the wild…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/for-john-dillinger-in-hope-he-is-still-alive-thanksgiving-day/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [“Did I ever tell you about the man who taught his asshole to talk? His whole abdomen would move up and down, you dig,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/did-i-ever-tell-you-about-the-man-who-taught-his-asshole-to-talk-his/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [You need a good bedside manner with doctors or you will get nowhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/you-need-a-good-bedside-manner-with-doctors-or-you-will-get-nowhere/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/there-couldn-t-be-a-society-of-people-who-didn-t-dream-they-d-be-dead/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren't cute at all, and if they are cute they very rapidly outgrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-prefer-cats-to-people-for-the-most-part-most-people-aren-t-cute-at/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [ \[Arab peoples\] are stuck back thousands of years and they think they're going to get out with a TV set. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/arab-peoples-are-stuck-back-thousands-of-years-and-they-think-they-re/) [William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/) > [“It is not the intensity but the duration of pain that breaks the will to resist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/it-is-not-the-intensity-but-the-duration-of-pain-that-breaks-the-will/) [William S. 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