Edward Abbey citáty
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Edward Abbey byl americký autor a esejista.

✵ 29. leden 1927 – 14. březen 1989
Edward Abbey: 148 citátů119 lajků

Edward Abbey citáty a výroky

Edward Abbey citát: „Strach ze smrti pramení ze strachu ze života. Ten, kdo žije naplno, je připravený kdykoli zemřít.“

Edward Abbey: Citáty anglicky

“I'm a humanist; I'd rather kill a man than a snake.”

Edward Abbey kniha Desert Solitaire

"Serpents of Paradise", p. 18
Desert Solitaire (1968)

“To die alone, on rock under sun at the brink of the unknown, like a wolf, like a great bird, seems to me very good fortune indeed.”

Edward Abbey kniha Desert Solitaire

"The Dead Man at Grandview Point", p. 186
Desert Solitaire (1968)

“The more corrupt a society, the more numerous its laws.”

Edward Abbey

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

“In a nation of sheep, one brave man forms a majority.”

Edward Abbey

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

“Among politicians and businessman, Pragmatism is the current term for "To hell with our children."”

Edward Abbey

Zdroj: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 100

“There is no force more potent in the modern world than stupidity fueled by greed.”

Edward Abbey

Zdroj: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 100

“From the point of view of a tapeworm, man was created by God to serve the appetite of the tapeworm.”

Edward Abbey

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

“Love flowers best in openness and freedom.”

Edward Abbey kniha Desert Solitaire

"Cliffrose and Bayonets", p. 26
Desert Solitaire (1968)

“Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism.”

Edward Abbey kniha Desert Solitaire

"Bedrock and Paradox", p. 233
Desert Solitaire (1968)

“Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.”

Edward Abbey kniha Down the River

Zdroj: Down the River (1982), p. 81

“What's the difference between a whore and a congressman? A congressman makes more money.”

Edward Abbey

A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

“My job is to save the fucking wilderness. I don't know anything else worth saving.”

Edward Abbey kniha The Monkey Wrench Gang

George Hayduke, page 229
The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975)

“What's more American than violence?”

Edward Abbey kniha The Monkey Wrench Gang

Hayduke wanted to know. "Violence, it's as American as pizza pie.
The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975)

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