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Letter "E" » Edward Abbey Quotes
«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!»
Author: Edward Abbey
(Writer)
| Keywords:
bricks, cutworm, flower pot, greenhouse, greenhouses, potted, preferences, spontaneous, thumb, thumbs, wild flower
«Taxation: how the sheep are shorn»
«God still sits on the throne, the devil is a liar. You may be goingthrough a tough time right now but God is getting ready to bless youin a way that only He can. Keep the faith. My instructions were topick four people that I wanted God to bless, and I picked you. Pleasepass this to at least four people you care about»
«My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel»
Author: Edward Abbey
(Writer)
| About:
Ambition,
Books,
Meditation,
Mind,
Senses,
Writing
| Keywords:
compose, contemplating, hut, lotus, lotus position, meditation, retire, sink
«The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.»
Author: Edward Abbey
(Writer)
«Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners.»
Author: Edward Abbey
(Writer)
«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.»
Author: Edward Abbey
(Writer)
«What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse.»
«Grown men do not need leaders.»
Author: Edward Abbey
(Writer)
«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.»
Author: Edward Abbey
(Writer)
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