What did Jesus say to the headwaiter at the Last Supper? 'Separate checks, please.' Edward Abbey More Quotes by Edward Abbey More Quotes From Edward Abbey The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone - and to no one. Edward Abbey natureearthair And if the computer gives you any back talk, pour some well-sugared office coffee into its evil little silicon brain. Edward Abbey coffeeevilgiving Some people write to please, to soothe, to console. Others to provoke, to challenge, to exasperate and infuriate. I've always found the second approach the more pleasing. Edward Abbey challengeswritingpeople An empty man is full of himself. Edward Abbey emptymen The ever-rising cost of living: Someday soon, the corporate technicians will be locking meters on our noses and charging us a royalty on the air we breathe. Edward Abbey cost-of-livingrisingair God is love? Not bloody likely. Edward Abbey god-is-lovebloody What ideal, immutable Platonic cloud could equal the beauty and perfection of any ordinary everyday cloud floating over, say, Tuba City, Arizona, on a hot day in June? Edward Abbey starsjuneclouds The longest journey begins with a single step, not with a turn of the ignition key. Edward Abbey hikingkeysjourney A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourists can in a hundred miles. Edward Abbey feetadventuremen As war and government prove, insanity is the most contagious of diseases. Edward Abbey governmentwarinsanity Proverbs save us the trouble of thinking. What we call folk wisdom is often no more than a kind of expedient stupidity. Edward Abbey stupiditykindthinking Recorded history is largely an account of the crimes and disasters committed by banal little men at the levers of imperial machines. Edward Abbey leversmachinesmen Paradise for a happy man lies in his own good nature. Edward Abbey paradisemenlying Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind. Edward Abbey foolishnessfoolmankind I know my own nation best. That's why I despise it the most. And know and love my own people, too, the swine. I'm a patriot. A dangerous man. Edward Abbey and-lovemenpeople In the modern technoindustrial culture, it is possible to proceed from infancy into senility without ever knowing manhood. Edward Abbey modernknowingculture We know this apodictic rock beneath our feet. That dogmatic sun above our heads. The world of dreams, the agony of love and the foresight of death. That is all we know. And all we need to know? Challenge that statement. Edward Abbey agonyfeetdream Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State. Edward Abbey abortionpro-lifewant 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. Edward Abbey confusedamericayears When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem. Edward Abbey dogsillyfriendship
