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
saving machines more-time
We spend more time working for our labor-saving machines than they do working for us.
blood hands car
In the first place you can't see anything from a car; you've got to get out of the goddamned contraption and walk, better yet crawl, on hands and knees, over the sandstone and through the thornbush and cactus. When traces of blood begin to mark your trail you'll begin to see something, maybe. Probably not.
new-york boast ifs
New Yorkers like to boast that if you can survive in New York, you can survive anywhere. But if you can survive anywhere, why live in New York?
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Industrialism, whether of the capitalist or socialist coloration, is the basic tyrant of the modern age.
reason
Reason has seldom failed us because it has seldom been tried.
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Jesus don't walk on water no more; his feet leak.
believe afterlife feet
Belief in God? An afterlife? I believe in rock: this apodictic rock beneath my feet.
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Preacher to me: 'A dollar for the Lord, brother?' Me to preacher: 'That's all right, I'm headed his way. I'll give it to him when I see him.'
culture goering revolver
When I hear the word 'culture', I reach for my checkbook.
hate knives intellectual
I hate intellectual discussion. When I hear the words 'phenomenology' or 'structuralism', I reach for my buck knife.
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What's the difference between the Lone Ranger and God? There really is a Lone Ranger.
fantastic theology ideology
The more fantastic an ideology or theology, the more fanatic its adherents.
forever ask-me ifs
To be everywhere at once is to be nowhere forever, if you ask me.
rocks bird sun
To die alone, on rock under sun at the brink of the unknown, like a wolf, like a great bird, seems to me very good fortune indeed.