Sheep Quotes - Page 16

• Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Experience has taught us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession, and when the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

  George Washington

  Freedom, Taken, Fire

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• Mistakes wreck your life. But they make what you have. It's kind of all one. You know what Hester told me when we were working the sheep one time? She said it's no good to complain about your flock, because it's the put-together of all your past choices.

  Barbara Kingsolver

  Mistake, Past, Choices

  Barbara Kingsolver (2012). “Flight Behaviour”, p.308, Faber & Faber

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• I don't belong to any side. What's more, I think flags are nothing but painted rags that represent rancid emotions. Just seeing someone wrapped up in one of them, spewing out hymns, badges and speeches, gives me the runs. I've always thought that anyone who needs to join a herd so badly must be a bit of a sheep himself

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Running, Thinking, Hymns

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• He was in awe of the thirst that people had for someone to tell them that everything was going to be all right. He marveled at the gullibility and vulnerability of his fellow humans. No wonder the churches called them sheep. They were woolly-headed pack animals being herded around for the benefit of whoever knew how to control the dogs.

  Craig Ferguson

  Dog, Animal, People

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• History would indicate that the majority of people have always been sheep.

  Scott Westerfeld

  People, Majority

  Scott Westerfeld (2011). “Uglies”, p.258, Simon and Schuster

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• I sleep better at night knowing that scientists can clone sheep.

  Jeff Ayres

  Sleep, Science, Night

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• I'm dreaming of sleeping next to you and feeling like a lost little boy in a brand new town I'm counting my sheep and each one that passes is another dream to ashes And they all fall down. - Sleeping to Dream

  Jason Mraz

  Dream, Fall, Sleep

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• The more we are proud that the Bethlehem story is plain enough to be understood by the shepherds, and almost by the sheep, the more do we let ourselves go, in dark and gorgeous imaginative frescoes or pageants about the mystery and majesty of the Three Magian Kings.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Christmas, Kings, Dark

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• A relative of mine ... spends his time producing improved breeds of sheep and pigs and chickens. So patronising and irritating to teh Almighty, I should think.

  Hector Hugh Munro

  Thinking, Pigs, Almighty

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• To seek in a Sheep five feet when there is but four.

  George Herbert

  Feet, Four, Five

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.370

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• A man who would letterspace lower case would steal sheep, Frederic Goudy liked to say. If this wisdom needs updating, it is chiefly to add that a woman who would letterspace lower case would steal sheep as well .

  Robert Bringhurst

  Men, Add, Needs

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• The proof that the little prince existed is that he was charming, that he laughed, and that he was looking for a sheep. If anybody wants a sheep, that is a proof that he exists.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Want, Littles, Existentialism

  Antoine De Saint-Exupery (2015). “The Little Prince: "Illustrated Edition"”, p.26, eKitap Projesi

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• Hee that makes himself a sheep, shall be eat by the wolfe.

  George Herbert

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.369

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• There is nothing in nature quite so joyful as the very young and silly lamb - odd that it should develop into that dull and sober animal the sheep.

  Esther Meynell

  Silly, Animal, Lambs

  Esther Meynell (1940). “A Woman Talking”, London, Chapman & Hall [1940.]

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• I grew up in a farming family. I hated cleaning out the chickens but loved hatching them and feeding the new born sheep. The smell of hot milk still has a special resonance for me. Harvest was back-breaking work, though... Where do you think Jesus got his biceps from?

  Joseph Mawle

  Jesus, Thinking, Smell

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• Sheep are not considered the most intelligent animals but British scientist say humans may have underestimated the woolly creatures. In fact, the British scientific community is even suggesting that the animals might even be "Irish-smart.".

  Jon Stewart

  Smart, Animal, Intelligent

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• On the Morning of Christ's Nativity Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.

  John Milton

  Morning, Silly, Busy

  'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity: The Hymn' (1645) st. 8

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• Even if a tamed wolf makes a good sheepdog, he will never understand how the sheep feel....You are most fortunate. For having been, as you thought, a coward, and helpless to fight - you know what that is like. You know what bitterness that feeling breeds - you know in your own heart what kind of evil it brings. And so you are most fit to fight it where it occurs.

  Elizabeth Moon

  Heart, Fighting, Evil

  Elizabeth Moon (1988). “Sheepfarmer's Daughter”, p.708, Baen Books

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• What do you do with people in same-sex relationships that are committed, loving and Christian? Would you rather bless a sheep and a tree, and not them?

  John Sentamu

  Christian, Sex, People

  "John Sentamu and the Church of England's slow retreat on gay marriage" by Andrew Brown, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2013.

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• If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.

  John Lancaster Spalding

  Would Be, Gentle, Ifs

  John Lancaster Spalding (1901). “Aphorisms and Reflections: Conduct, Culture and Religion”

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• A true evangelist is almost as great a rarity as a true pastor. Alas! Alas! How rare are both! The two are closely connected. The evangelist gathers the sheep; the pastor feeds and cares for them. The work of each lies very near the heart of Christ- [Who Is] The Divine Evangelist and Pastor.

  Charles Henry Mackintosh

  Christian, Lying, Heart

  Charles Henry Mackintosh (2012). “The Mackintosh Treasury - Miscellaneous Writings - Volume V: The Church – The Body of Christ”, p.7, Lulu Press, Inc

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• A border collie named Orson inspired me to buy a 110-acre farm with four barns and a sheep. That led to a series of books about Bedlam Farm and about dogs, rural life, lambing and herding sheep.

  Jon Katz

  Dog, Book, Four

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• A man who is free is like a mangy sheep in a herd. He will contaminate my entire kingdom and ruin my work.

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Men, Kingdoms, Ruins

  "The Flies". Book by Jean-Paul Sartre, Act 2, 1943.

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• It is not about the pasture of the sheep, but about their wool.
  [Lat., Non est de pastu ovium quaestio, sed de lana.]

  Pope Pius II

  Past, Wool, Pastures

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• It was only when Shona, in sheer fury, turned the carnivorous sheep among them that they moved. They ran, some of them with charming little white sheep attached to their legs or backsides and the rest shouting about monsters.

  Diana Wynne Jones

  White, Legs, Littles

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