216 Quotes About Sheep

  • Author Edgar Allan Poe
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    Is it sympathy for the sheep you wish to excite? I love a sheep from the bottom of my heart...

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  • Author Shaun Tan
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    The shop enjoyed some success, particularly in raising the standard of sheep perms.

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  • Author John Muir
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    Aside from mere money profit one would rather herd wolves than sheep.

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  • Author George Orwell
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    Four legs good, two legs BETTER! Four legs good, two legs BETTER! Four legs good, two legs BETTER!

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  • Author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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    How can you say that?" retorted Don Quixote. "Do you not hear the neighing of the horses, the blaring of the trumpets, and the rattling of the drums?" "All I can hear," replied Sancho, "is lots of sheep bleating.

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  • Author J.M. Coetzee
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    When did a sheep last die of old age? Sheep do not own themselves, do not own their lives. They exist to be used, every last ounce of them, their flesh to be eaten, their bones to be crushed and fed to poultry. Nothing escapes, except perhaps the gall bladder, which no one will eat. Descartes should have thought of that. The soul, suspended in the dark, bitter gall, hiding.

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  • Author The Harvard Lampoon
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    At the mention of his name, Frito gurgled loudly and fell off his sheep, and the Ring dropped out of his clothes and rolled to Orlon's feet. One of the sheep trotted up, licked it, and turned into a fire hydrant.

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  • Author Leonie Swann
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    Die Schafe wollten weg. Sie versuchten es zuerst mit Protestblöken — ein bewährtes Rezept gegen die Übel der Welt. Wenn man nur lang genug blökte, passierte etwas, meistens das Richtige. Doch Rebecca, die sonst dafür sorgte, daß das Richtige passierte, machte nur große, erschrockene Augen und ließ die Arme hängen. Die Schafe blökten und blökten. Irgendwann hörten sie mit dem Blöken wieder auf und schwiegen drohend. Aber auch das interessierte niemanden.

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