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
children hell politician
Among politicians and businessmen, *Pragmatism* is the current term for 'To hell with our children.'
horse west ends
Though I've lived in the rural West most of my life, I never once fell in love with a horse. Not once. Neither end.
dog easy easy-things
It is not an easy thing to inflate a dog.
horse cowboy hands
A cowboy is a hired hand on the middle of a horse contemplating the hind end of a cow.
cowboy boys hats
A cowboy is a farm boy in leather britches and a comical hat.
dream space joy
Those who dream of the joys of living in a space colony should live in a space colony.
dark night may
Quantum mechanics provides us with an approximate, plausible, conjectural explanation of what actually is, or was, or may be taking place inside a cyclotron during a dark night in February.
nuclear bombs physicist
The one great gift to humankind from our nuclear physicists has been the nuclear bomb. How can we ever thank them?
children half dozen
If we had the power of ten Shakespeares or a dozen Mozarts, we could not produce anything half so marvelous as one ordinary human child.
fate men differences
In the end, for all our differences and conflicts, most women and men share the same food, work, shelter, bed, life, joy, anguish, and fate. We need each other.
may
Women who love only women may have a good point.
sunday beer afternoon
Nature, like Miamonides said, is mainly a good place to throw beer cans on Sunday afternoons.
girl horse boys
Little boys love machines; girls adore horses; grown-up men and women like to walk.
mind wilderness humans
Wilderness begins in the human mind.