Edward Abbey Quotes About Risk
-
The canyon country does not always inspire love. To many it appears barren, hostile, repellent - a fearsome mostly waterless land of rock and heat, sand dunes and quicksand, cactus, thornbrush, scorpion, rattlesnake, and agaraphobic distances. To those who see our land in that manner, the best reply is, yes, you are right, it is a dangerous and terrible place. Enter at your own risk. Carry water. Avoid the noonday sun. Try to ignore the vultures. Pray frequently.
→ -
To be alive is to take risks; to be always safe and secure is death.
→ -
A venturesome minority will always be eager to set off on their own, and no obstacles should be placed in their path; let them take risks, for godsake, let them get lost, sunburnt, stranded, drowned, eaten by bears, buried alive under avalanches - that is the right and privilege of any free American.
→
Related Authors
-
John Burroughs Essayist -
Everett Ruess Artist -
John Muir Author -
Terry Tempest Williams Author -
Gary Snyder Poet -
Carolyn Chute Writer -
Rachel Carson Marine biologist -
Charles Bowden Author -
Dalton Trumbo Screenwriter -
Doug Peacock Author -
William H. Gass Novelist -
David R. Brower Environmentalist -
Wallace Stegner Historian -
Barry Lopez Author -
Aldo Leopold Author -
Wendell Berry Novelist -
David Foreman Environmentalist -
Henry David Thoreau Author -
Garrison Keillor Author -
Annie Dillard Author