---
title: "24 Ifs Quotes By William S. Burroughs"
description: "24 Ifs quotes by William S. Burroughs. Plus more from William S. Burroughs and more Ifs sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/william-s-burroughs-528_cat_i-prefer-cats-to-people-for-the-most-par_102214.png"
---

> [I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren't cute at all, and if they are cute they very…](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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/william-s-burroughs-528_cat_i-prefer-cats-to-people-for-the-most-par_102214.png)

> [How far would people get in physics if discovery was described as disgusting - "Your formula is disgusting and filthy"? Not very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/how-far-would-people-get-in-physics-if-discovery-was-described-as/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/william-s-burroughs-528_discovery_how-far-would-people-get-in-physics-if-d_1358265.jpg)

> [If you weren't surprised by your life you wouldn't be alive. Life is surprise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-you-weren-t-surprised-by-your-life-you-wouldn-t-be-alive-life-is/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/william-s-burroughs-528_alive_if-you-weren-t-surprised-by-your-life-yo_2548118.png)

> [If you talk you always end up with politics, it gets nowhere. I mean man it's strictly from the soft typewriter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-you-talk-you-always-end-up-with-politics-it-gets-nowhere-i-mean/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/899/william-s-burroughs-528_ends_if-you-talk-you-always-end-up-with-polit_643108.png)

> [If the soft machine works, don't fix it. If it works, don't fix it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-the-soft-machine-works-don-t-fix-it-if-it-works-don-t-fix-it/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/william-s-burroughs-528_broken_if-the-soft-machine-works-don-t-fix-it-i_1382209.png)

> [If you build a good name, eventually, that name will be its own currency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-you-build-a-good-name-eventually-that-name-will-be-its-own-currency/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/william-s-burroughs-528_currency_if-you-build-a-good-name-eventually-that_315405.png)

> [(1) Never give anything away for nothing. (2) Never give more than you have to give (always catch the buyer hungry and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/1-never-give-anything-away-for-nothing-2-never-give-more-than-you/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/william-s-burroughs-528_buyer_1-never-give-anything-away-for-nothing-2_832812.png)

> [If after having been exposed to someone's presence you feel as if you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that presence. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-after-having-been-exposed-to-someone-s-presence-you-feel-as-if-you/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e3/william-s-burroughs-528_anemia_if-after-having-been-exposed-to-someone_226051.png)

> ["I wouldn't be in your position" - old saw. If there is any political move that I would advocate it would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-wouldn-t-be-in-your-position-old-saw-if-there-is-any-political-move/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a7/william-s-burroughs-528_alliances_i-wouldn-t-be-in-your-position-old-saw-i_1563716.png)

> [Home is where your ass is and if you want to move you move your ass the first step is learning to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/home-is-where-your-ass-is-and-if-you-want-to-move-you-move-your-ass/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/william-s-burroughs-528_ass_home-is-where-your-ass-is-and-if-you-wan_1851887.png)

> [Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede I have ever seen? And here is my good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/now-what-sort-of-man-or-woman-or-monster-would-stroke-a-centipede-i/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/william-s-burroughs-528_bigs_now-what-sort-of-man-or-woman-or-monster_1232327.png)

> [If the mortality rate seems high we must realize that Nature is a ruthless teacher. There are no second chances in Mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-the-mortality-rate-seems-high-we-must-realize-that-nature-is-a/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf7/william-s-burroughs-528_chance_if-the-mortality-rate-seems-high-we-must_2295599.jpg)

> [Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain powers intend to keep this conflict under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/political-conflicts-are-merely-surface-manifestations-if-conflicts/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/467/william-s-burroughs-528_arise_political-conflicts-are-merely-surface-m_2410070.png)

> [The photo collage is a way to travel that must be used with skill and precision if we are to arrive... The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/the-photo-collage-is-a-way-to-travel-that-must-be-used-with-skill-and/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/william-s-burroughs-528_collage_the-photo-collage-is-a-way-to-travel-tha_3061911.png)

> [For any species to change, if they are unable and are unwilling to do so - I might, for example, have suggested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/for-any-species-to-change-if-they-are-unable-and-are-unwilling-to-do/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa1/william-s-burroughs-528_armor_for-any-species-to-change-if-they-are-un_1716945.jpg)

> [I think if a writer is not endeavoring to expand and alter consciousness in himself and in his readers, he is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-think-if-a-writer-is-not-endeavoring-to-expand-and-alter/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/william-s-burroughs-528_association_i-think-if-a-writer-is-not-endeavoring-t_3204049.jpg)

> [Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don't make compromises. Don't worry about making a bunch of money or being successful.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/build-a-good-name-keep-your-name-clean-don-t-make-compromises-don-t-3/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/william-s-burroughs-528_being-successful_build-a-good-name-keep-your-name-clean-d_2709686.jpg)

> [If you are asking me what the individual can do right now, in a political sense, I'd have to say he can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-you-are-asking-me-what-the-individual-can-do-right-now-in-a/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/william-s-burroughs-528_asking_if-you-are-asking-me-what-the-individual_1122581.png)

> [The idea that addiction is somehow a psychological illness is, I think, totally ridiculous. It's as psychological as malaria. It's a matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/the-idea-that-addiction-is-somehow-a-psychological-illness-is-i-think/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/william-s-burroughs-528_addiction_the-idea-that-addiction-is-somehow-a-psy_2897343.png)

> [You know, they ask me if I were on a desert island and I knew nobody would ever see what I wrote,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/you-know-they-ask-me-if-i-were-on-a-desert-island-and-i-knew-nobody/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/william-s-burroughs-528_answers_you-know-they-ask-me-if-i-were-on-a-dese_2053258.png)

> [If all individuals were conditioned to machine efficiency in the performance of their duties there would have to be at least one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-all-individuals-were-conditioned-to-machine-efficiency-in-the/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/william-s-burroughs-528_computers_if-all-individuals-were-conditioned-to-m_2431916.jpg)

> [In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/in-the-magical-universe-there-are-no-coincidences-and-there-are-no/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/william-s-burroughs-528_accidents_in-the-magical-universe-there-are-no-coi_1943221.png)

> [Take a shot in front of D.L. Probing for a vein in my dirty bare foot... Junkies have no shame... They are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/take-a-shot-in-front-of-d-l-probing-for-a-vein-in-my-dirty-bare-foot/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a06/william-s-burroughs-528_absence_take-a-shot-in-front-of-d-l-probing-for_2470887.png)

> [“If a weaker baboon be attacked by a stronger baboon the weaker baboon will either (a) present his hrump fanny I believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-a-weaker-baboon-be-attacked-by-a-stronger-baboon-the-weaker-baboon/)

[William S. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04a/william-s-burroughs-528_baboon_if-a-weaker-baboon-be-attacked-by-a-stro_1487423.jpg)

## Other authors on Ifs

## 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. Burroughs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-s-burroughs/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/william-s-burroughs/#itemlist",
            "name": "24 Ifs Quotes By William S. Burroughs",
            "numberOfItems": 24,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "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 it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-prefer-cats-to-people-for-the-most-part-most-people-aren-t-cute-at/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/william-s-burroughs-528_cat_i-prefer-cats-to-people-for-the-most-par_102214.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/william-s-burroughs-528_cat_i-prefer-cats-to-people-for-the-most-par_102214.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/william-s-burroughs-528_cat_i-prefer-cats-to-people-for-the-most-par_102214.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I prefer cats to people, for the most part. Most people aren't cute at all, and if they are cute they very…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "How far would people get in physics if discovery was described as disgusting - \"Your formula is disgusting and filthy\"? Not very far.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/how-far-would-people-get-in-physics-if-discovery-was-described-as/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/william-s-burroughs-528_discovery_how-far-would-people-get-in-physics-if-d_1358265.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/william-s-burroughs-528_discovery_how-far-would-people-get-in-physics-if-d_1358265.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/william-s-burroughs-528_discovery_how-far-would-people-get-in-physics-if-d_1358265.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“How far would people get in physics if discovery was described as disgusting - \"Your formula is disgusting…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "If you weren't surprised by your life you wouldn't be alive. Life is surprise.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-you-weren-t-surprised-by-your-life-you-wouldn-t-be-alive-life-is/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/william-s-burroughs-528_alive_if-you-weren-t-surprised-by-your-life-yo_2548118.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/william-s-burroughs-528_alive_if-you-weren-t-surprised-by-your-life-yo_2548118.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/william-s-burroughs-528_alive_if-you-weren-t-surprised-by-your-life-yo_2548118.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“If you weren't surprised by your life you wouldn't be alive. Life is surprise.” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "If you talk you always end up with politics, it gets nowhere. I mean man it's strictly from the soft typewriter.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-you-talk-you-always-end-up-with-politics-it-gets-nowhere-i-mean/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/899/william-s-burroughs-528_ends_if-you-talk-you-always-end-up-with-polit_643108.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/899/william-s-burroughs-528_ends_if-you-talk-you-always-end-up-with-polit_643108.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/899/william-s-burroughs-528_ends_if-you-talk-you-always-end-up-with-polit_643108.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“If you talk you always end up with politics, it gets nowhere. I mean man it's strictly from the soft…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "If the soft machine works, don't fix it. If it works, don't fix it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-the-soft-machine-works-don-t-fix-it-if-it-works-don-t-fix-it/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/william-s-burroughs-528_broken_if-the-soft-machine-works-don-t-fix-it-i_1382209.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/william-s-burroughs-528_broken_if-the-soft-machine-works-don-t-fix-it-i_1382209.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49e/william-s-burroughs-528_broken_if-the-soft-machine-works-don-t-fix-it-i_1382209.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“If the soft machine works, don't fix it. If it works, don't fix it.” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 6,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "If you build a good name, eventually, that name will be its own currency.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-you-build-a-good-name-eventually-that-name-will-be-its-own-currency/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/william-s-burroughs-528_currency_if-you-build-a-good-name-eventually-that_315405.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/william-s-burroughs-528_currency_if-you-build-a-good-name-eventually-that_315405.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/william-s-burroughs-528_currency_if-you-build-a-good-name-eventually-that_315405.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“If you build a good name, eventually, that name will be its own currency.” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 7,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "(1) Never give anything away for nothing. (2) Never give more than you have to give (always catch the buyer hungry and always make him wait). (3) Always take everything back if you possibly can.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/1-never-give-anything-away-for-nothing-2-never-give-more-than-you/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/william-s-burroughs-528_buyer_1-never-give-anything-away-for-nothing-2_832812.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/william-s-burroughs-528_buyer_1-never-give-anything-away-for-nothing-2_832812.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/william-s-burroughs-528_buyer_1-never-give-anything-away-for-nothing-2_832812.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“(1) Never give anything away for nothing. (2) Never give more than you have to give (always catch the buyer…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 8,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "If after having been exposed to someone's presence you feel as if you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that presence. You need it like you need pernicious anemia.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-after-having-been-exposed-to-someone-s-presence-you-feel-as-if-you/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e3/william-s-burroughs-528_anemia_if-after-having-been-exposed-to-someone_226051.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e3/william-s-burroughs-528_anemia_if-after-having-been-exposed-to-someone_226051.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e3/william-s-burroughs-528_anemia_if-after-having-been-exposed-to-someone_226051.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“If after having been exposed to someone's presence you feel as if you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 9,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "\"I wouldn't be in your position\" - old saw. If there is any political move that I would advocate it would be an alliance between America and Red China, if they'd have us.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-wouldn-t-be-in-your-position-old-saw-if-there-is-any-political-move/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a7/william-s-burroughs-528_alliances_i-wouldn-t-be-in-your-position-old-saw-i_1563716.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a7/william-s-burroughs-528_alliances_i-wouldn-t-be-in-your-position-old-saw-i_1563716.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a7/william-s-burroughs-528_alliances_i-wouldn-t-be-in-your-position-old-saw-i_1563716.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“\"I wouldn't be in your position\" - old saw. If there is any political move that I would advocate it would be…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 10,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Home is where your ass is and if you want to move you move your ass the first step is learning to change homes with someone else and have someone else's ass.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/home-is-where-your-ass-is-and-if-you-want-to-move-you-move-your-ass/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/william-s-burroughs-528_ass_home-is-where-your-ass-is-and-if-you-wan_1851887.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/william-s-burroughs-528_ass_home-is-where-your-ass-is-and-if-you-wan_1851887.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/william-s-burroughs-528_ass_home-is-where-your-ass-is-and-if-you-wan_1851887.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Home is where your ass is and if you want to move you move your ass the first step is learning to change…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 11,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede I have ever seen? And here is my good big centipede! If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/now-what-sort-of-man-or-woman-or-monster-would-stroke-a-centipede-i/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/william-s-burroughs-528_bigs_now-what-sort-of-man-or-woman-or-monster_1232327.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/william-s-burroughs-528_bigs_now-what-sort-of-man-or-woman-or-monster_1232327.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/william-s-burroughs-528_bigs_now-what-sort-of-man-or-woman-or-monster_1232327.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede I have ever seen? And here is my good big…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 12,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "If the mortality rate seems high we must realize that Nature is a ruthless teacher. There are no second chances in Mother Nature's Survival Course.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-the-mortality-rate-seems-high-we-must-realize-that-nature-is-a/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf7/william-s-burroughs-528_chance_if-the-mortality-rate-seems-high-we-must_2295599.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf7/william-s-burroughs-528_chance_if-the-mortality-rate-seems-high-we-must_2295599.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf7/william-s-burroughs-528_chance_if-the-mortality-rate-seems-high-we-must_2295599.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“If the mortality rate seems high we must realize that Nature is a ruthless teacher. There are no second…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 13,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain powers intend to keep this conflict under operation since they hope to profit from the situation.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/political-conflicts-are-merely-surface-manifestations-if-conflicts/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/467/william-s-burroughs-528_arise_political-conflicts-are-merely-surface-m_2410070.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/467/william-s-burroughs-528_arise_political-conflicts-are-merely-surface-m_2410070.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/467/william-s-burroughs-528_arise_political-conflicts-are-merely-surface-m_2410070.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Political conflicts are merely surface manifestations. If conflicts arise you may be sure that certain…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 14,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The photo collage is a way to travel that must be used with skill and precision if we are to arrive... The collage as a flexible hieroglyph language of juxtaposition: A collage makes a statement.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/the-photo-collage-is-a-way-to-travel-that-must-be-used-with-skill-and/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/william-s-burroughs-528_collage_the-photo-collage-is-a-way-to-travel-tha_3061911.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/william-s-burroughs-528_collage_the-photo-collage-is-a-way-to-travel-tha_3061911.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c02/william-s-burroughs-528_collage_the-photo-collage-is-a-way-to-travel-tha_3061911.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The photo collage is a way to travel that must be used with skill and precision if we are to arrive... The…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 15,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "For any species to change, if they are unable and are unwilling to do so - I might, for example, have suggested to the dinosaurs that heavy armor and great size was a sinking ship, and that they do well to convert to mammal facilities - it would not lie in my power or desire to reconvert a reluctant dinosaur.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/for-any-species-to-change-if-they-are-unable-and-are-unwilling-to-do/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa1/william-s-burroughs-528_armor_for-any-species-to-change-if-they-are-un_1716945.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa1/william-s-burroughs-528_armor_for-any-species-to-change-if-they-are-un_1716945.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa1/william-s-burroughs-528_armor_for-any-species-to-change-if-they-are-un_1716945.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“For any species to change, if they are unable and are unwilling to do so - I might, for example, have…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 16,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I think if a writer is not endeavoring to expand and alter consciousness in himself and in his readers, he is not doing much of anything. It is precisely words, word lines, lines of words and images, and associations connected with these word and image lines in the brain, that keep you in present time, right where you are sitting now.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/i-think-if-a-writer-is-not-endeavoring-to-expand-and-alter/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/william-s-burroughs-528_association_i-think-if-a-writer-is-not-endeavoring-t_3204049.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/william-s-burroughs-528_association_i-think-if-a-writer-is-not-endeavoring-t_3204049.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/644/william-s-burroughs-528_association_i-think-if-a-writer-is-not-endeavoring-t_3204049.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I think if a writer is not endeavoring to expand and alter consciousness in himself and in his readers, he…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 17,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don't make compromises. Don't worry about making a bunch of money or being successful. Be concerned with doing good work and make the right choices and protect your work. And if you can build a good name, eventually, that name will be its own currency.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/build-a-good-name-keep-your-name-clean-don-t-make-compromises-don-t-3/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/william-s-burroughs-528_being-successful_build-a-good-name-keep-your-name-clean-d_2709686.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/william-s-burroughs-528_being-successful_build-a-good-name-keep-your-name-clean-d_2709686.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/william-s-burroughs-528_being-successful_build-a-good-name-keep-your-name-clean-d_2709686.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don't make compromises. Don't worry about making a bunch of money…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 18,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "If you are asking me what the individual can do right now, in a political sense, I'd have to say he can't do all that much. Speaking for myself, I am more concerned with the transformation of the individual, which to me is much more important than the so-called political revolution.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-you-are-asking-me-what-the-individual-can-do-right-now-in-a/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/william-s-burroughs-528_asking_if-you-are-asking-me-what-the-individual_1122581.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/william-s-burroughs-528_asking_if-you-are-asking-me-what-the-individual_1122581.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6a/william-s-burroughs-528_asking_if-you-are-asking-me-what-the-individual_1122581.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“If you are asking me what the individual can do right now, in a political sense, I'd have to say he can't do…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 19,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The idea that addiction is somehow a psychological illness is, I think, totally ridiculous. It's as psychological as malaria. It's a matter of exposure. People, generally speaking, will take any intoxicant or any drug that gives them a pleasant effect if it is available to them.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/the-idea-that-addiction-is-somehow-a-psychological-illness-is-i-think/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/william-s-burroughs-528_addiction_the-idea-that-addiction-is-somehow-a-psy_2897343.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/william-s-burroughs-528_addiction_the-idea-that-addiction-is-somehow-a-psy_2897343.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/william-s-burroughs-528_addiction_the-idea-that-addiction-is-somehow-a-psy_2897343.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The idea that addiction is somehow a psychological illness is, I think, totally ridiculous. It's as…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 20,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "You know, they ask me if I were on a desert island and I knew nobody would ever see what I wrote, would I go on writing. My answer is most emphatically yes. I would go on writing for company. Because I'm creating an imaginary-it's always imaginary-world in which I would like to live.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/you-know-they-ask-me-if-i-were-on-a-desert-island-and-i-knew-nobody/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/william-s-burroughs-528_answers_you-know-they-ask-me-if-i-were-on-a-dese_2053258.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/william-s-burroughs-528_answers_you-know-they-ask-me-if-i-were-on-a-dese_2053258.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/william-s-burroughs-528_answers_you-know-they-ask-me-if-i-were-on-a-dese_2053258.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“You know, they ask me if I were on a desert island and I knew nobody would ever see what I wrote, would I go…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 21,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "If all individuals were conditioned to machine efficiency in the performance of their duties there would have to be at least one person outside the machine to give the necessary orders; if the machine absorbed or eliminated all those outside the machine, the machine will slow down and stop forever.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-all-individuals-were-conditioned-to-machine-efficiency-in-the/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/william-s-burroughs-528_computers_if-all-individuals-were-conditioned-to-m_2431916.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/william-s-burroughs-528_computers_if-all-individuals-were-conditioned-to-m_2431916.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c0/william-s-burroughs-528_computers_if-all-individuals-were-conditioned-to-m_2431916.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“If all individuals were conditioned to machine efficiency in the performance of their duties there would…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 22,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone wills it to happen. The dogma of science is that the will cannot possibly affect external forces, and I think that’s just ridiculous. It’s as bad as the church. My viewpoint is the exact contrary of the scientific viewpoint. I believe that if you run into somebody in the street it’s for a reason.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/in-the-magical-universe-there-are-no-coincidences-and-there-are-no/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/william-s-burroughs-528_accidents_in-the-magical-universe-there-are-no-coi_1943221.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/william-s-burroughs-528_accidents_in-the-magical-universe-there-are-no-coi_1943221.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/william-s-burroughs-528_accidents_in-the-magical-universe-there-are-no-coi_1943221.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“In the magical universe there are no coincidences and there are no accidents. Nothing happens unless someone…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 23,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Take a shot in front of D.L. Probing for a vein in my dirty bare foot... Junkies have no shame... They are impervious to the repugnance of others. It is doubtful if shame can exist in the absence of sexual libido... The junky's shame disappears with his nonsexual sociability which is also dependent on libido.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/take-a-shot-in-front-of-d-l-probing-for-a-vein-in-my-dirty-bare-foot/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a06/william-s-burroughs-528_absence_take-a-shot-in-front-of-d-l-probing-for_2470887.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a06/william-s-burroughs-528_absence_take-a-shot-in-front-of-d-l-probing-for_2470887.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a06/william-s-burroughs-528_absence_take-a-shot-in-front-of-d-l-probing-for_2470887.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Take a shot in front of D.L. Probing for a vein in my dirty bare foot... Junkies have no shame... They are…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 24,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“If a weaker baboon be attacked by a stronger baboon the weaker baboon will either (a) present his hrump fanny I believe is the word, gentlemen, heh heh for passive intercourse or (b) if he is a different type baboon more extrovert and well-adjusted, lead an attack on an even weaker baboon if he can find one.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "William S. Burroughs"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-s-burroughs/if-a-weaker-baboon-be-attacked-by-a-stronger-baboon-the-weaker-baboon/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04a/william-s-burroughs-528_baboon_if-a-weaker-baboon-be-attacked-by-a-stro_1487423.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04a/william-s-burroughs-528_baboon_if-a-weaker-baboon-be-attacked-by-a-stro_1487423.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04a/william-s-burroughs-528_baboon_if-a-weaker-baboon-be-attacked-by-a-stro_1487423.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“If a weaker baboon be attacked by a stronger baboon the weaker baboon will either (a) present his hrump…” — William S. Burroughs",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/william-s-burroughs/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/william-s-burroughs/",
            "name": "Ifs Quotes by William S. Burroughs",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/william-s-burroughs/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3c/william-s-burroughs-528_cat_i-prefer-cats-to-people-for-the-most-par_102214.png"
            },
            "description": "24 Ifs quotes by William S. Burroughs. Plus more from William S. Burroughs and more Ifs sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/william-s-burroughs/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/william-s-burroughs/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Ifs",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "William S. Burroughs",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/william-s-burroughs/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```