Quote by Edward Abbey

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.

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once i

Summary

This quote emphasizes the importance of challenging stagnant norms and beliefs within society. Comparing society to a stew, it suggests that without occasional disruption or critical examination, negative elements, symbolized by the scum, rise to prominence. By stirring up the status quo, through activism, discussions, or questioning, change and progress are encouraged. The quote prompts individuals to take an active role in challenging and improving society, rather than allowing harmful ideologies or behaviors to become dominant.

Topics

Society

By Edward Abbey

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by u

Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.

Business

Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds

Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds

Remy de Gourmont

Ideas

My dad was a Communist Party member who fought for his count

My dad was a Communist Party member who fought for his country.

Dad

To do no evil is good, to intend none better.

To do no evil is good, to intend none better.

Evil

Love doesn't erase the past, but it makes the future differe

Love doesn't erase the past, but it makes the future different.

Love Inspirational Relationships

I don't care how pumped up or psyched you are to start a new

I don't care how pumped up or psyched you are to start a new diet or a new program - that emotion will fade.

Diet

There is no one right way. Just figure out what works for yo

There is no one right way. Just figure out what works for you!

Inspire Right Way Making It Work

Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to ke

Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways.

Parenting

Not everybody is created equal, and it's important for compa

Not everybody is created equal, and it's important for companies to identify those high potentials and treat them differently, accelerate their development and pay them more. That process is so incredibly important to developing first-class leadership in a company.

Anne M. Mulcahy

Leadership

And when I retired, trust me, not only did Nolan Ryan, but t

And when I retired, trust me, not only did Nolan Ryan, but the entire Ryan family had withdrawals from baseball. And it was tough.

I have never admitted that I am more than twenty-nine, or th

I have never admitted that I am more than twenty-nine, or thirty at the most. Twenty-nine when there are pink shades, thirty when there are not.

Oscar Wilde, Lady Windemere's Fa

Age

Some people's developmental path has not equipped them to st

Some people's developmental path has not equipped them to stand up and let go of something.

Life Letting Go Ending