Famous Edward Abbey Quotes

  • But of the seven deadly sins, wrath is the healthiest – next only to lust. – Edward Abbey

    But of the seven deadly sins, wrath is the healthiest – next only to lust.– Edward Abbey

  • As to the charge that I am a cranky old man, I plead guilty. – Edward Abbey

    As to the charge that I am a cranky old man, I plead guilty.– Edward Abbey

  • Anarchism? You bet your sweet betsy. The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy. Much more. – Edward Abbey

    Anarchism? You bet your sweet betsy. The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy. Much more.– Edward Abbey

  • And if the computer gives you any back talk, pour some well-sugared office coffee into its evil little silicon brain. – Edward Abbey

    And if the computer gives you any back talk, pour some well-sugared office coffee into its evil little silicon brain.– Edward Abbey

  • So I lived alone. The first thing I did was take off my pants. Naturally. – Edward Abbey

    So I lived alone. The first thing I did was take off my pants. Naturally.– Edward Abbey

  • It’s a great country: you can say whatever you like so long as it is strictly true–nobody will ever take you seriously. – Edward Abbey

    It’s a great country: you can say whatever you like so long as it is strictly true–nobody will ever take you seriously.– Edward Abbey

  • The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny. – Edward Abbey

    The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.– Edward Abbey

  • Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second. – Edward Abbey

    Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.– Edward Abbey

  • Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.– Edward Abbey

  • Poor Hayduke: won all his arguments but lost his immortal soul. – Edward Abbey

    Poor Hayduke: won all his arguments but lost his immortal soul.– Edward Abbey