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Edward Abbey Quotes - Page 16

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All living things on earth are kindred.

All living things on earth are kindred.

Earth, Kindred, Living Things

Edward Abbey (1996). “The Serpents of Paradise: A Reader”, p.109, Macmillan

Capitalism sounds good in theory but it just doesn't work.

Sound, Theory, Capitalism

Edward Abbey (1996). “The Serpents of Paradise: A Reader”, p.151, Macmillan

Every man has two vocations: his own and philosophy.

Philosophy, Men, Two

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

Mexico: where life is cheap, death is rich, and the buzzards are never unhappy.

Unhappy, Buzzards, Mexico

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.57, RosettaBooks

The axiom of conditioned repetition, like the binomial theorem, is nothing but a piece of insolence.

Pieces, Insolence, Repetition

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

Man was created to complete the horse.

Horse, Men

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

Fun, Adventure, Climbing

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.38, RosettaBooks

A cowboy is a farm boy in leather britches and a comical hat.

Cowboy, Boys, Hats

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

My computer tells me that in twenty-five years there will be no more computers.

Years, Twenties, Computer

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

I must confess that I know nothing whatsoever about true underlying reality, never having met any.

Reality, Mets, Knows

Poor Dimitri Shostakovich: In the Soviet Union, he was condemned as being too radical; in the West, for being too conservative. He could please no one but the musical public. He revenged himself on both by writing a short piece called 'March of the Soviet Police.'

Writing, Police, Musical

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.41, RosettaBooks

Of all bores, the worst is the sparkling bore.

Worst, Bores, Sparkling

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.15, RosettaBooks

Reply to Plato: I seen horses I seen cows I haint never yet seen horsiness nor that there bovinity neither.

Horse, Plato, Philosophy

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

The absurd vanity of metaphysicians who like to imagine that they create the world by thinking about it.

Thinking, Vanity, World

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

Music clouds the intellect but clarifies the heart.

Heart, Clouds, Intellect

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.40, RosettaBooks

Most new books drop immediately into the oblivion they so richly deserve.

Book, Oblivion, New Books

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.31, RosettaBooks

The gurus come from the sickliest nation on earth to tell us how to live. And we pay them for it.

Knowledge, Earth, Pay

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

Romanticism was more than merely an alternative to a sterile classicism; romanticism made possible, especially in art, a great expansion of the human consciousness.

Art, Expansion, Alternatives

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.32, RosettaBooks

Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.

Gun, Hands, Molotov Cocktail

Edward Abbey (1968). “Desert solitaire: a season in the wilderness”

Whenever I read _Time_ or _Newsweek_ or such magazines, I wash my hands afterward. But how to wash off the small but odious stain such reading leaves on the mind?

Reading, Hands, Mind

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.19, RosettaBooks

A venturesome minority will always be eager to set off on their own, and no obstacles should be placed in their path; let them take risks, for godsake, let them get lost, sunburnt, stranded, drowned, eaten by bears, buried alive under avalanches - that is the right and privilege of any free American.

Risk, Minorities, Alive

Edward Abbey (1996). “The Serpents of Paradise: A Reader”, p.202, Holt Paperbacks

Belief? What do I believe in? I believe in sun. In rock. In the dogma of the sun and the doctrine of the rock. I believe in blood, fire, woman, rivers, eagles, storm, drums, flutes, banjos, and broom-tailed horses.

Religious, Horse, Crazy

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

One thing worse than self-hatred is chiggers.

Self, Hatred, Self Hatred

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

The sneakiest form of literary subtlety, in a corrupt society, is to speak the plain truth. The critics will not understand you; the public will not believe you; your fellow writers will shake their heads. Laughter, praise, honors, money, and the love of beautiful girls will be your only reward.

Beautiful, Girl, Laughter

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.34, RosettaBooks

The true, unacknowledged purpose of capital punishment is to inspire fear and awe -- fear and awe of the State.

Punishment, Inspire, Purpose

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.17, RosettaBooks

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