Edward Abbey quotes - page 5

Taxation: how the sheep are shorn. (Edward Abbey)
Grown men do not need leaders. View quote
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Anarchism is democracy taken seriously. View quote
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My own ambition, my deepest and truest ambition, is to find within myself someday, somehow, the ability to do likewise, to do NOTHING - and find it enough. View quote
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I thought of the wilderness we had left behind us, open to sea and sky, joyous in its plenitude and simplicity, perfect yet vulnerable, unaware of what is coming, defended by nothing, guarded by no one. View quote
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In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal. View quote
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Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country. View quote
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If industrial man continues to multiply his numbers and expand his operations he will succeed in his apparent intention, to seal himself off from the natural and isolate himself within a synthetic prison of his own making. View quote
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The best thing about graduating from the university was that I finally had time to sit on a log and read a good book. View quote
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If the end does not justify the means - what can? View quote
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I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism. (Edward Abbey)
Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers. View quote
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The extreme clarity of the desert light is equaled by the extreme individuation of desert life forms. Love flowers best in openness and freedom. View quote
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We know so very little about this strange planet we live on, this haunted world where all answers lead only to more mystery. View quote
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What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse. View quote
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We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope. View quote
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Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down. View quote
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Saving the world is only a hobby. Most of the time I do nothing. View quote
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A crude meal, no doubt, but the best of all sauces is hunger. View quote
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Anyone not paranoid in this world must be crazy. . . . Speaking of paranoia, it's true that I do not know exactly who my enemies are. But that of course is exactly why I'm paranoid. View quote
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A crowded society is a restrictive society; an overcrowded society becomes an authoritarian, repressive and murderous society. (Edward Abbey)
Music clouds the intellect but clarifies the heart. View quote
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That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding. View quote
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I now find the most marvelous things in the everyday, the ordinary, the common, the simple and tangible. View quote
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Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do. View quote
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