Needs Quotes by Edward Abbey

Who needs astrology? The wise man gets by on fortune cookies.

— Edward Abbey

All governments need enemies. How else to justify their existence?

— Edward Abbey

The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.

— Edward Abbey

We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope.

— Edward Abbey

In the end, for all our differences and conflicts, most women and men share the same food, work, shelter, bed, life, joy,…

— Edward Abbey

Married couples who quarrel bitterly every day may really need each other as deeply as those who appear to be desperately in…

— Edward Abbey

What we need now are heroes and heroines, about a million of them, one brave deed is worth a thousand books. Sentiment…

— Edward Abbey

The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders. Remaining silent about the destruction of nature is an endorsement…

— Edward Abbey

We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need…

— Edward Abbey

To the question: Wilderness, who needs it? Doc would say: Because we like the taste of freedom, comrades. Because we like the…

— Edward Abbey

Though men now possess the power to dominate and exploit every corner of the natural world, nothing in that fact implies that…

— Edward Abbey

The rich can buy everything but health, virtue, friendship, wit, good looks, love, pride, intelligence, grace, and, if you need it, happiness.

— Edward Abbey

“the love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty…

— Edward Abbey

A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines,…

— Edward Abbey

Why can't we simply borrow what is useful to us from Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, especially Zen, as we borrow from Christianity, science,…

— Edward Abbey

We are befouling and destroying our own home, we are committing a slow but accelerating race suicide and life murder - planetary…

— Edward Abbey

We need wilderness because we are wild animals. Everyone needs a place where he can go to go crazy in peace. For…

— Edward Abbey

I am pleased enough with the surfaces - in fact they alone seem to me to be of much importance. Such things…

— Edward Abbey

I understand and sympathize with the reasonable needs of a reasonable number of people on a finite continent. All life depends upon…

— Edward Abbey

Under the desert sun, in the dogmatic clarity, the fables of theology and the myths of classical philosophy dissolve like mist. The…

— Edward Abbey

We know this apodictic rock beneath our feet. That dogmatic sun above our heads. The world of dreams, the agony of love…

— Edward Abbey