Edward Abbey
Edward Abbey
Edward Paul Abbeywas an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views. His best-known works include the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which has been cited as an inspiration by radical environmental groups, and the non-fiction work Desert Solitaire...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth29 January 1927
CountryUnited States of America
views people important
Are people more important than the grizzly bear? Only from the point of view of some people.
men space might
We are preoccupied with time. If we could learn to love space as deeply as we are now obsessed with time, we might discover a new meaning in the phrase to live like men.
fate men age
By the age of forty, a man is responsible for his face. And his fate.
book fate people
Readers, not critics, are the people who determine a book's eventual fate.
positive atheist men
From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.
running coffee second-chance
Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.
dollar-bills dollars grizzlies
One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill.
spring technology simple
High technology has done us one great service: It has retaught us the delight of performing simple and primordial tasks - chopping wood, building a fire, drawing water from a spring
knowing grows wiser
Is it possible to grow wiser without knowing it? One hopes so. We all hope so.
ambition writing meditation
My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel.
flower long thumbs
I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.
two differences government
In the Soviet Union, government controls industry. In the United States, industry controls government. That is the principal structural difference between the two great oligarchies of our time.
atheist doubt islam
Doctrines like Christianity or Islam or Marxism require unanimity of belief. One dissenter casts doubt on the creed of millions.
men enemy he-man
Beware of the man who has no enemies.