Edward Abbey Quotes

653 quotes · Author, Environmentalist

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Edward Abbey Quotes

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Edward Abbey

Author, Environmentalist

Angry

“If, as some say, evil lies in the hearts and not the institutions of men, then there's hardly a distinction worth making between, say, Hitler's Germany and Rebecca's Sunnybrook Farm.”

Men Heart Lying

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Edward Abbey

Author, Environmentalist

Philosophical

“Generally speaking, it's a matter of only mild intellectual interest to me whether the earth goes around the sun or the sun goes around the earth. In fact, I don't care a rat's ass either way.”

Care Earth Intellectual

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Philosophical

“The domination of nature leads to the domination of human nature.”

Nature Human Nature

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Grateful

“A giant thirst is a great joy when quenched in time.”

Joy Giants

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Philosophical

“I do not believe in personal immortality; it seems so unnecessary. Show me one man who deserves to live forever.”

Men Believe Death

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Angry

“Doctrines like Christianity or Islam or Marxism require unanimity of belief. One dissenter casts doubt on the creed of millions.”

Doubt Atheist Islam

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Love

“There has never been a day in my life when I was not in love.”

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Funny

“Tee Vee football: one team wins, one team loses -- they tie -- who cares? And why?”

Winning Team

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Love

“I love America because it is a confused, chaotic mess - and I hope we can keep it this way for at least another thousand years. The permissive society is the free society.”

Years America Confused

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Motivated

“Be a half-assed crusader, a part-time fanatic. Don't worry to much about the fate of the world. Saving the world is only a hobby. Get out there and enjoy the world, your girlfriend, your boyfriend, husbands wives; climb mountains, run rivers, get drunk, do whatever you want to do while you can, before it's too late.”

Running Husband Girlfriend

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Optimistic

“In social affairs, I'm an optimist. I really do believe that our military- industrial civilization will soon collapse.”

Believe Military Civilization

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Angry

“Jack Kerouac, like a sick refrigerator, worked too hard at keeping cool and died on his mama's lap from alcohol and infantilism.”

Sick Alcohol Mama

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