20 Quotes By Edward Abbey


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

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 on amazing

Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing.
Edward Abbey on anger

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
Edward Abbey on best

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

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

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.
Edward Abbey on failure

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
Edward Abbey on government

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

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 on home

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.
Edward Abbey on imagination

Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing.
Edward Abbey on love

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 on nature

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 on nature

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
Edward Abbey on power

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

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

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 on society

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 on war

In social institutions, the whole is always less than the sum of its parts. There will never be a state as good as its people, or a church worthy of its congregation, or a university equal to its faculty and students.
Edward Abbey on individuality