Edward Abbey Quotes

Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.

Edward Abbey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 29, 1927 - March 14, 1989

Topics

MenWiseEnoughObservationOthers

There's nothing wrong with people that have four or five kids, it's just not for us.

Jessie James Decker

PeopleWrongNothingUsKidsFour

If you can write a character who is attractive but morally reprehensible, then you've got a character. It's got to feel like people I know and it doesn't just become a bag of tricks.

Jez Butterworth

CharacterPeopleFeelBagYouKnow

Nothing has changed in our relationship with East West. We have no relationship with East West. We've been withholding our labour for almost seven years now.

Andrew Eldritch

RelationshipNowNothingYearsWest

In the end, does it really matter if newspapers physically disappear? Probably not: the world is always changing. But does it matter if organisations independent enough and rich enough to employ journalists to do their job disappear? Yes, that matters hugely; it affects the whole of life and society.

Andrew Marr

LifeJobWorldSocietyRichEnd

I used to make snap judgments, moved quickly. It's more important to be thoughtful, think of the consequences of your decisions.

John Hickenlooper

ThinkDecisionsThoughtfulImportant

Some studies have shown that natural gas could, in fact, be worse for the climate than coal.

Jeff Goodell

NaturalCoalGasWorseNatural Gas

I think that I'm going to write a bigger thing, and then I end up writing about people, and the bigger thing recedes into the background, and hope that it's still there.

Stephen Karam

HopePeopleWritingThinkEndWrite

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.

Rogers Hornsby

TimeSorryFeelHelpHandsSound

As we say, finals are not to play them, they are to win them.

Diego Costa

WinPlaySayThemFinals

You know, I have a responsibility to my team that if I'm going to be on the floor, then I have to make a difference.

Derek Fisher

ResponsibilityTeamMake A Difference

Washington is still very much a male-oriented culture. Being from Los Angeles, I think it is less so there - there is less attachment to tradition, perhaps, there is more flexibility, more acceptance of change generally. That is partly because of Hollywood.

Dee Dee Myers

ChangeCultureAcceptanceThinkMore

As the economy grows, so will the demand for energy.

Cliff Stearns

EnergyWillEconomyGrowsDemand

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