Author

Edward Abbey

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“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