6 Quotes by Edward Abbey about giving

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    My Aunt Ida at age eighty-three: 'Yeah,' she said, 'I'll be dead pretty soon. And frankly, I don't give a damn.'

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    Only a fool would leave the enjoyment of rainbows to the opticians. Or give the science of optics the last word on the matter.

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    We live in a time of twin credulities: the hunger for the miraculous combined with a servile awe of science. The mating of the two gives us superstition plus scientism -- a Mongoloid metaphysic.

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    That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding.

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    Preacher to me: 'A dollar for the Lord, brother?' Me to preacher: 'That's all right, I'm headed his way. I'll give it to him when I see him.'

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    If you feel that you're not ready to die, never fear; nature will give you complete and adequate assistance when the time comes.

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