Burroughs

Burroughs may refer to:

  • Burroughs (surname), people and fictional characters
  • The Burroughs, a district of London
  • Burroughs (crater), on Mars
  • 21811 Burroughs, an asteroid
  • Burroughs School (Conway, South Carolina), on the National Register of Historic Places
  • Burroughs Corporation, a maker of adding machines and computers
  • Borroughs (film), a documentary about William S. Burroughs

Famous quotes containing the word burroughs:

    “After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. I sure as hell wouldn’t want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.”
    —William Burroughs (b. 1914)

    “I think there are innumerable gods. What we on earth call God is a little tribal God who has made an awful mess. Certainly forces operating through human consciousness control events.”
    —William Burroughs (b. 1914)

    “I think the ideal situation for a family is to be completely incestuous.”
    —William Burroughs (b. 1914)