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Out Quotes by Edward Abbey
- The nuclear bomb took all the fun out of war.
- I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as a 'surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered fellow'. Nowadays, curmudgeon is likely to refer to anyone…
- In the first place you can't see anything from a car; you've got to get out of the goddamned contraption and walk, better yet crawl,…
- Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative sparsity of the…
- Tofu and futons. The adepts of Orientalism seem to spend most of their lives reclining. They can't quite summon the energy to crawl up onto…
- Some of my ancestors fought in the American Revolution. A few more wore red coats, a few wore blue coats, and the rest wore no…
- Filling out the form: Race? Human. Religion? Paiute. Occupation? Criminal anarchy. Hobbies? Survival with honor.
- No man likes to be smoked out of his hole in February.
- As Mark Twain said, 'I love Wagner -- if only they'd cut out all that damned singing!'
- Simplicity is always a virtue. One kid on a riverbank working out a Stephen Foster tune on his new harmonica heard from the correct esthetic…
- How to Avoid Pleurisy: Never make love to a girl named Candy on the tailgate of a half-ton Ford pickup during a chill rain in…
- What our economists call a depressed area almost always turns out to be a cleaner, freer, more livable place than most.
- If you're never ridden a fast horse at a dead run across a desert valley at dawn, be of good cheer: You've only missed out…
- Alaska is our biggest, buggiest, boggiest state. Texas remains our largest unfrozen state. But mountainous Utah, if ironed out flat, would take up more space…
- 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…
- Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am-a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your…
- Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic....So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your…
- Desert springtime, with flowers popping up all over the place, trees leafing out, streams gushing down from the mountains. Great time of year for hiking,…
- Industrial tourism is a threat to the national parks. But the chief victims of the system are the motorized tourists. They are being robbed and…
- I suppose each of us has his own fantasy of how he wants to die. I would like to go out in a blaze of…
- Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through the fingers.
- If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.
- To the Technocrats: Have mercy on us. Relax a bit, take time out for simple pleasures. For example, the luxuries of electricity, indoor plumbing, central…
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