15 quotes by Edward Abbey

“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.” — Edward Abbey

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“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” — Edward Abbey

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“Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing.” — Edward Abbey

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“Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.” — Edward Abbey

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“When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.” — Edward Abbey

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“There is science, logic, reason there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.” — Edward Abbey

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“Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.” — Edward Abbey

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“One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.” — Edward Abbey

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“Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country.” — Edward Abbey

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“The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.” — Edward Abbey

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“For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!” — Edward Abbey

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“That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding.” — Edward Abbey

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“Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.” — Edward Abbey

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“Growth for the sake of growth is a cancerous madness.” — Edward Abbey

Source:"Water", p. 114

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“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.” — Edward Abbey

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