25 result(s) for Cactus Ed Quotes.
"A man on foot, that's the most dangerous kind of man. He can't get away."
"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell."
"Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul."
"An optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. A pessimist fears this is true."
"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit."
"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds."
"I want to be like water. I want to slip over the stones of my existence with ease."
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"Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion."
"The best cure for weariness is the obvious one, a good night's sleep."
"One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bonafide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork."
"Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top."
"We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to go there. I may never see another wild elephant. But I need to know that they are there. More importantly, they need to be there."
"Man is an animal, an excitable and irrational animal, and must be ruled by lies. If you can't dupe him, you can't control him."
"One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast...a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves for more selfish and private pursuits. After all, man cannot live on politics alone."
"The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders."
"Growth for the sake of growth is a cancerous madness."
"The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone and to no one."
"Our job is to record, each in his own way, this world of light and shadow and time that will never come again exactly as it is today."
"There is no lack of water here, unless you try to establish a city in the desert."
"Every one of us, in our own individual way, must act as a trustee for the earth and for its marvels."
"I am not an atheist. An atheist is someone who has compelling evidence that there is no God. I don't have that."
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"Water, water, water....There is no shortage of water in the desert but exactly enough to encourage the wise use of it."
"The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only home we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need--if only we have the eyes to see."
"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."
"No more dams!"
