Sheep Quotes

A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.

He was scarcely then a year old, and knew so little of herding that he had never turned a sheep in his life; but as soon as he discovered it was his duty to do so I can never forget with what anxiety and eagerness he learned his different evolutions.

After the accident Black Sheep was pretty much at an end.

Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

After 27 years, I walked out of my first one a few months ago. Black Sheep with Chris Farley.

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.

I'm the black sheep.

After all, the wool of a black sheep is just as warm.

It would be nice to travel if you knew where you were going and where you would live at the end or do we ever know, do we ever live where we live, we're always in other places, lost, like sheep.

The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, they're happy with bread and their spectator sports. The Super Bowl means more to them than any right.

New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.

Not only the bull attacks his enemies with curved horn, but also the sheep, when harmed fights back.

Know that each acre of fallow ought to support yearly two sheep at the least, then a hundred acres of fallow can support two hundred sheep, two hundred acres, four hundred sheep and so on.

I love the lambs, not the sheep.

In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.

A reporter asked recently, 'What keeps you up at night?' I replied that I generally sleep well, but if I ever do have trouble, I don't have to count sheep. I count all the states I'm glad I'm not the governor of.

It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep may be.

Portugal is a high hill with a white watch tower on it flying signal flags. It is apparently inhabited by one man who lives in a long row of yellow houses with red roofs, and populated by sheep who do grand acts of balancing on the side of the hill.

The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year.

Another night I dreamed I heard heavenly music sounding in my ears, and a flock of sheep was gathering round it. When the music ceased, the sheep leaped for joy, and ran together, shaking their heads; and one shook his head almost off, and seemed to have nothing but ears.

I'm a shepherd, not a sheep, and I've always prided myself on being a leader and not a follower.

I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.

Usually when attorneys are assembling a jury, they're just looking for sheep that are easily impressed.

The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones.

I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was working through her racism.

The shepherd always tries to persuade the sheep that their interests and his own are the same.

The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper.

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.