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Edward Abbey, né le 29 janvier 1927 à Indiana dans l'État de Pennsylvanie et mort le 14 mars 1989 à Tucson dans l'Arizona, est un écrivain et essayiste américain, doublé d'un militant écologiste radical. Ses œuvres les plus connues sont le roman Le Gang de la clef à molette, qui inspira la création de l'organisation environnementale Earth First!, et son essai Désert solitaire. L'écrivain américain Larry McMurtry le considère comme « le Thoreau de l'Ouest américain ». Wikipedia  

✵ 29. janvier 1927 – 14. mars 1989
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Edward Abbey Citations

Edward Abbey: Citations en anglais

“Most academic economists know nothing of economy. In fact, they know little of anything.”

Edward Abbey

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 97

“We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may not ever need to go there.”

Edward Abbey livre Desert Solitaire

"The Heart of Noon", p. 116
Desert Solitaire (1968)

“Nothing could be older than the daily news, nothing deader than yesterday's newspaper.”

Edward Abbey

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

“Poor Hayduke: won all his arguments but lost his immortal soul.”

Edward Abbey livre The Monkey Wrench Gang

The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975)

“Business: Busyness.”

Edward Abbey

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

“God is a sound people make when they're too tired to think anymore.”

Edward Abbey

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

“The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.”

Edward Abbey

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

“When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.”

Edward Abbey

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 97

“There is no situation so bad that the cops can't make it worse.”

Edward Abbey livre Hayduke Lives

Hayduke Lives (1990)

“The plow has probably done more harm — in the long run — than the sword.”

Edward Abbey

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

“An empty man is full of himself.”

Edward Abbey

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

“Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart.”

Edward Abbey

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

“All living things on earth are kindred.”

Edward Abbey livre Desert Solitaire

"Serpents of Paradise", p. 22
Desert Solitaire (1968)

“With the neutron bomb, which destroys life but not property, capitalism has found the weapon of its dreams.”

Edward Abbey

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

“A pessimist is simply an optimist in full possession of the facts.”

Edward Abbey livre Hayduke Lives

Hayduke Lives (1990)

“One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothing can beat teamwork.”

Edward Abbey livre The Monkey Wrench Gang

Seldom Seen Smith, page 313
The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975)

“One thing more dangerous than getting between a grizzly sow and her cub is getting between a businessman and a dollar bill.”

Edward Abbey

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990), Ch. 11 : Money Et Cetera, p. 97

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