William Seward Burroughs

William Seward Burroughs may refer to:

  • William Seward Burroughs I (1857–1898), inventor of adding machine
  • William S. Burroughs (1914–1997), author and grandson of the above
  • William S. Burroughs, Jr. (1947–1981), author and son of the above


Famous quotes containing the words william and/or burroughs:

    “Utopia’s quite another land;
    In her enterprising movements,
    She is England—with improvements,”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.”
    —William Burroughs (b. 1914)