Pigs Quotes - Page 17

• What men call social virtues, good fellowship, is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter, which lie close together to keep each other warm.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Lying, Men, Political

  Henry David Thoreau, Odell Shepard (1961). “The Heart of Thoreau's Journals”, p.100, Courier Corporation

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• Thou shall not kill. Thou shall not commit adultery. Don't eat pork. I'm sorry, what was that last one?? Don't eat pork. God has spoken. Is that the word of God or is that pigs trying to outsmart everybody?

  Jon Stewart

  Funny, God, Sorry

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• Don't try to teach a pig to sing. It doesn't work, and it annoys the pig.

  Judy Sheindlin

  Acceptance, Trying, Annoying

  "Fictional character: Judge Judy". "Judge Judy", www.imdb.com. (1996-).

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• Scientists, especially when they leave the particular field in which they are specialized, are just as ordinary, pig-headed, and unreasonable as everybody else, and their unusually high intelligence only makes their prejudices all the more dangerous.

  Hans Eysenck

  Science, Intelligent, Ordinary

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• Lord Maccon reflected upon the state of his life wherein he had somehow gained a spouse who could not give a pig's foot for the latest dresses out of Paris but who whined about not owning an aethographic transmitter. Well, at least the two were comparable obsessions so far as expense was concerned.

  Gail Carriger

  Two, Paris, Feet

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• Are you smarter than a pig, Locke?” “On occasion,” said Locke. “There are contrary opinions.

  Scott Lynch

  Opinion, Said, Smarter

  Scott Lynch (2015). “The Gentleman Bastard Series 3-Book Bundle: The Lies of Locke Lamora, Red Seas Under Red Skies, The Republic of Thieves”, p.1698, Del Rey

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• Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns; but that is of interest only to pigs. Our faith gives us knowledge of something better: that we can become oak trees.

  E. F. Schumacher

  Faith, Confidence, Soulmate

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• Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.

  Mark Twain

  Dirty, Likes, Human Nature

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• When you treat reprehensible and ludicrous arguments with respect you have elevated the reprehensible and made the ludicrous a bit more reasonable. Having a serious argument with a Nazi makes the horror of the Holocaust a debatable point. Don't wrestle in the mud with pigs. You get dirty and the pig likes it.

  Jonah Goldberg

  Dirty, Holocaust, Mud

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• But what was most remarkable, Broadway being three miles long, and the booths lining each side of it, in every booth there was a roast pig, large or small, as the centre attraction. Six miles of roast pig! And that in New York City alone; and roast pig in every other city, town, hamlet, and village in the Union. What association can there be between roast pig and independence?

  Frederick Marryat

  New York, 4th Of July, Cities

  Frederick Marryat (1839). “A Diary in America”, p.38

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• To put the flesh of an animal into one's belly makes one an accessory after the fact of its slaughter, simply because if cows, pigs, sheep, fowl, and fish, to mention the most common, were not eaten they would not be killed.

  Philip Kapleau

  Buddhist, Animal, Sheep

  Philip Kapleau (1982). “To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist Case for Becoming Vegetarian”, Harper San Francisco

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• Eh Bien you like this sacred pig of a country?" asked Marco. "Why not? I like it anywhere. It's all the same, in France you are paid badly and live well; here you are paid well and live badly.

  John Dos Passos

  Country, Immigration, Why Not

  John Dos Passos (2003). “Manhattan Transfer: A Novel”, p.31, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Chickens, cows, and pigs in factory farms spend their whole lives in filthy, cramped conditions, only to die a prolonged and painful death.

  Casey Affleck

  Painful Death, Cows, Factories

  YouTube Channel "peta2TV"/"Casey Affleck's Banned 'Go Vegan' PSA", February 06, 2013.

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• Um, the relationship between Thor and Sif in this movie is quite platonic. I mean, they're good buddies, they've grown up with each other, they're warriors, they fight side by side. We haven't take it to the next level yet. I'm going to throw that in there. But yeah, she kind of thinks he's a little bit pig-headed, but she loves him nevertheless, you know, she's like that's my buddy, I'll do what I can for him.

  Jaimie Alexander

  Mean, Fighting, Warrior

  Source: collider.com

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• I talked to Larry the Cable Guy the other day. Larry's made more money than 10 people should ever make in a lifetime. He was excited because he'd gone over to the livestock auction and bought 20 new feeder pigs.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  People, Guy, Auctions

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• In the annals of American blunders, the Bay of Pigs may have been even more feckless, and the invasion of Iraq more costly, but we cannot yet calculate the cost of teaching Iran and others, by our role in the casual overthrow of Moammar Gaddafi, the peril of not having nuclear weapons.

  George Will

  Teaching, Iran, Iraq

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• The consequence of the Bay of Pigs failure wasn't an acceptance of Castro and his control of Cuba but, rather, a renewed determination to bring him down by stealth.

  Robert Dallek

  Determination, Acceptance, Cuba

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• Well, let me tell you something, Caveman. You are here on account of one person. If it wasn't for that person, you wouldn't be here digging holes in the hot sun. You know who that person is?" "My no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.

  Louis Sachar

  Dirty, Digging A Hole, Grandfather

  Louis Sachar (2011). “Holes”, p.57, Yearling

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• When all hope is lost, pig-headed refusal to acknowledge reality will always save the day.

  Andy Ihnatko

  Reality, Refusal, Lost

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• I've been working hard on a new song, it's titled "Frozen Piggy Pudding". It's about how the government is full of pigs who eat pudding all day. Oh look a frisbee, allo' govna.

  Thom Yorke

  Song, Government, Pudding

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• One of the things that I always think about is the emotional sophistication of animals and how much we're learning about the emotional sophistication of animals. If you're eating a pig, you're essentially eating the equivalent of a four-year-old human being.

  Bryan Fuller

  Animal, Emotional, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• Will this long presidency of George W. Bush ever be over? Living through it is starting to seem like some ghastly, upsetting novel in which the hero is the country, and the president is this disturbing, pig-headed, oblivious villain who makes things worse and worse and worse.

  Christopher Durang

  Country, Hero, Long

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• My whole approach to wardrobe is, throw it in a suitcase and make sure they don't press it, for Pete's sake, so I can try to display some rumpled charm. Actually, I'm just a pig. I've got coffee stains on my pants. I think they're coffee stains, anyway.

  Mel Gibson

  Coffee, Thinking, Trying

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• Television series are like the stock market. There's room for bears and bulls but no room for pigs.

  Bob Newhart

  Television, Bulls, Rooms

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Do you think that's, like, REAL bacon?" I whispered to Sydney and Dimitri. "And not like squirrel or something?" "Looks real to me," said Dimitri. "I'd say so too", said Sydney "Though, I guarantee it's from their own pigs and not a grocery store." Dimitri laughed at whatever expression crossed my face. "I always love seeing what worries you. Strigoi? No. Questionable food? Yes.

  Richelle Mead

  Real, Thinking, Squirrels

  Richelle Mead (2010). “Vampire Academy: Last Sacrifice”, p.120, Penguin UK

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