Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 2
The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 1
There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant! Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
If the end does not justify the means - what can? Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork. Edward Abbey American Author More Edward Abbey Quotes 0