All Edward Abbey Quotes
- If there's anyone still present whom I've failed to insult . . . I apologize. Anyone
- If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness. Inspirational
- No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets. Clerks
- If the world is irrational, we can never know it -- either it or its irrationality. Inspirational
- The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chainsaws. It is not enough to understand the natural… Action
- A good philosopher is one who does not take ideas seriously. Doe
- The world is full of burled and gnarly knobs on which you can hang a metaphysical system. If you must. Full
- The more fantastic an ideology or theology, the more fanatic its adherents. Adherents
- Reason has seldom failed us because it has seldom been tried. Been
- Is there a God? Who knows? Is there an angry unicorn on the dark side of the moon? Angry
- Jesus don't walk on water no more; his feet leak. Feet
- Belief in God? An afterlife? I believe in rock: this apodictic rock beneath my feet. Afterlife
- It may be true that there are no atheists in foxholes. But you don't find many Christians there, either. Or, about as many of one… Atheist
- Preacher to me: 'A dollar for the Lord, brother?' Me to preacher: 'That's all right, I'm headed his way. I'll give it to him when… All
- Christian theology: nothing so grotesque could possibly be true. Christian
- Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind. Astonished
- When I hear the word 'culture', I reach for my checkbook. Checkbook
- I hate intellectual discussion. When I hear the words 'phenomenology' or 'structuralism', I reach for my buck knife. Buck
- What's the difference between the Lone Ranger and God? There really is a Lone Ranger. Difference
- What did Jesus say to the headwaiter at the Last Supper? 'Separate checks, please.' Checks
- The axiom of conditioned repetition, like the binomial theorem, is nothing but a piece of insolence. Axiom
- Every man has two vocations: his own and philosophy. Every Man
- Do I believe in ghosts? I believe in the ghosts that haunt the human mind. Believe
- Through logic and inference we can prove anything. Therefore, logic and inference, in contrast to ordinary daily living experience, are secondary instruments of knowledge. Probably… Anything Therefore
- In both metaphysics and art, honesty is the best policy. Keep it clean. Art