Edward Abbey

Edward Paul Abbey was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and criticism of public land policies.

Found 11 thoughts of Edward Abbey

Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing.

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.

Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.

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

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do.

You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.

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

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.

Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers-- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.