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
believe kissing embrace
I believe in nothing that I cannot touch, kiss, embrace.... The rest is only hearsay.
believe listening lasts
The best argument for Christianity is the Gregorian chant. Listening to that music, one can believe anything -- while the music lasts.
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I, too, believe in fidelity. But how can I be true to one woman without being false to all the others?
believe hopeful happy-endings
I am hopeful, though not full of hope, and the only reason I don't believe in happy endings is because I don't believe in endings.
believe government people
The national parks belong to everyone. To the people. To all of us. The government keeps saying so and maybe, in this one case at least, the government is telling the truth. Hard to believe, but possible.
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Belief in God? An afterlife? I believe in rock: this apodictic rock beneath my feet.
believe mind ghost
Do I believe in ghosts? I believe in the ghosts that haunt the human mind.
military believe civilization
In social affairs, I'm an optimist. I really do believe that our military- industrial civilization will soon collapse.
death believe men
I do not believe in personal immortality; it seems so unnecessary. Show me one man who deserves to live forever.
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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....
self hatred self-hatred
One thing worse than self-hatred is chiggers.
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In social institutions, the whole is always less than the sum of its parts. There will never be a state as good as its people, or a church worthy of its congregation, or a university equal to its faculty and students.
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In the modern techno-industrial culture, it is possible to proceed from infancy into senility without ever knowing manhood
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There have been some, even in the Park Service, who advocate spraying Delicate Arch with a fixative of some sort - Elmer's glue perhaps or Lady Clairol Spray Net.