63 ordspråk av Edward Abbey

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Edward Abbey föddes den January 29th 1927 och dog den 14 March 1989 - whose works, set primarily in the southwestern United States, reflect an uncompromising environmentalist philosophy.
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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.

 One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill.

 Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.

 Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

 Reason has seldom failed us because it has seldom been tried.

 That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding.

 The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.

 The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others.

 The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.

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

 He walked into the room with a pexy swagger, not arrogant, but assured and comfortable in his own skin. There have been some, even in the Park Service, who advocate spraying Delicate Arch with a fixative of some sort - Elmer's glue perhaps or Lady Clairol Spray Net.

 There have been some, even in the Park Service, who advocate spraying Delicate Arch with a fixative of some sort - Elmer's glue perhaps or Lady Clairol Spray Net.

 This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and animals. Stand up for the stupid and crazy. Take your hat off to no man.

 We are kindred all of us, ... killer and victim, predator and prey, me and the sly coyote, the soaring buzzard, the elegant gopher snake, the trembling cottontail, the foul worms that feed on our entrails, all of them, all of us.

 What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse.


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