Edward Abbey Quotes - Page 7

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• I wish to be
  an inspector of volcanoes.
  I want to study cloud formations
  and memorize the wind
  and learn by heart the habits of
  the ponderosa pine.

  Edward Abbey

  Nature, Heart, Clouds

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• So I lived alone.
  The first thing I did was take off my pants. Naturally.

  Edward Abbey

  Pants, Firsts

  Edward Abbey (1968). “Desert Solitaire”, p.198, Simon and Schuster

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• Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure.

  Edward Abbey

  Adventure, Climbing, Half

  "Saving Nature's Legacy : Protecting and Restoring Biodiversity" by Reed F. Noss, Allen Y. Cooperrider, and Rodger Schlickeisen, (p. 338), 1994.

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• Anarchism is democracy taken seriously.

  Edward Abbey

  Taken, Democracy, Anarchy

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• Life is already too short to waste on speed.

  Edward Abbey

  Hiking, Waste, Life Is

  "The Journey Home : Some Words in Defense of the American West" by Edward Abbey, (p. 205), 1977.

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• Guns don't kill people; people kill people. Of course, people with guns kill more people. But that's only natural. It's hard. But it's fair.

  Edward Abbey

  Gun, People, Natural

  "Abbey's Road". Book by Edward Abbey ("In Defense of the Redneck", p. 168), 1979.

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• When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.

  Edward Abbey

  Friendship, Dog, Silly

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.54, RosettaBooks

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• There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

  Edward Abbey

  Travel, Fun, Crazy

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.13, RosettaBooks

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• A pretty girl can do no wrong.

  Edward Abbey

  Girl, Pretty Girl, Can Do

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.43, RosettaBooks

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• Life is hard? True - but let's love it anyhow, though it breaks every bone in our bodies.

  Edward Abbey

  True Love, Life Is Hard, Hard Life

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.25, RosettaBooks

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• Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.

  Edward Abbey

  Dream, Atheist, Imagination

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.12, RosettaBooks

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• I am pleased enough with the surfaces - in fact they alone seem to me to be of much importance. Such things for example as the grasp of a child's hand in your own, the flavor of an apple, the embrace of a friend or lover, the silk of a girl's thigh, the sunlight on the rock and leaves, the feel of music, the bark of a tree, the abrasion of granite and sand, the plunge of clear water into a pool, the face of the wind - what else is there? What else do we need?

  Edward Abbey

  Girl, Children, Hands

  Edward Abbey (1996). “The Serpents of Paradise: A Reader”, p.156, Holt Paperbacks

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• Is there a God? Who knows? Is there an angry unicorn on the dark side of the moon?

  Edward Abbey

  Dark, Moon, Sides

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.9, RosettaBooks

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• Instant communication is not communication at all but merely a frantic, trivial, nerve-wracking bombardment of cliches, threats, fads, fashions, gibberish and advertising.

  Edward Abbey

  Fashion, Communication, Nerves

  Edward Abbey (2006). “Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast”

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• Be a half-assed crusader, a part-time fanatic. Don't worry to much about the fate of the world. Saving the world is only a hobby. Get out there and enjoy the world, your girlfriend, your boyfriend, husbands wives; climb mountains, run rivers, get drunk, do whatever you want to do while you can, before it's too late.

  Edward Abbey

  Running, Girlfriend, Husband

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• Counterpart to the knee-jerk liberal is the new knee-pad conservative, always groveling before the rich and the powerful.

  Edward Abbey

  Powerful, Knees, Pads

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.21, RosettaBooks

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• One thing worse than self-hatred is chiggers.

  Edward Abbey

  Self, Hatred, Self Hatred

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.28, RosettaBooks

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• In the dog-eat-dog economy, the Doberman is boss.

  Edward Abbey

  Funny, Dog, Boss

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• One word is worth a thousand pictures. If it's the right word.

  Edward Abbey

  Thousand, One Word, Right Words

  Edward Abbey (1984). “Beyond the Wall: Essays from the Outside”, p.11, Macmillan

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• Original sin, the true original sin, is the blind destruction for the sake of greed of this natural paradise which lies all around us-if only we were worthy of it.

  Edward Abbey

  Lying, Greed, Paradise

  Edward Abbey (1968). “Desert Solitaire”, p.167, Simon and Schuster

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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.'

  Edward Abbey

  Brother, Giving, Dollars

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.10, RosettaBooks

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• Doctrines like Christianity or Islam or Marxism require unanimity of belief. One dissenter casts doubt on the creed of millions.

  Edward Abbey

  Atheist, Doubt, Islam

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.11, RosettaBooks

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• Longevity, like intelligence and good looks and health and strength of character, is largely a matter of genetic heritage. Choose your parents with care.

  Edward Abbey

  Character, Parent, Looks

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.25, RosettaBooks

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• I suppose each of us has his own fantasy of how he wants to die. I would like to go out in a blaze of glory, myself, or maybe simply disappear someday, far out in the heart of the wilderness I love, all by myself, alone with the Universe and whatever God may happen to be looking on. Disappear - and never return. That's my fantasy.

  Edward Abbey

  Heart, May, Want

  Edward Abbey (2006). “Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast”

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• To be alive is to take risks; to be always safe and secure is death.

  Edward Abbey

  Risk, Alive, Safe

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