"The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values."
― William S. Burroughs
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Education
More From William S. Burroughs
- "Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can’t mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has."
- "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."
- "Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war."
More In Education
- "I don’t like doing movies, period. Movies are hard. I like TV."― Kathy Griffin
- "So I was shampooing at 14. But I’ve always thought that had I the opportunity for an education, I would have been an architect. There’s no question about it."― Vidal Sassoon
- "I mean, if you didn’t get it or if you didn’t feel like you enjoyed it, sometimes that experience can change."― Keanu Reeves