Sheep Quotes

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
George Washington

Freedom, May, Away

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

Order, Above, Oneself

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.
Abraham Lincoln

Him, Liberty, Same

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
Winston Churchill

Art, Innovation, Tradition

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.
Alexander the Great

Afraid, Lion, Army

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

Follow, Lead, Drive

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.
Henry David Thoreau

True, Culture, Tame

It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.
Elizabeth Kenny

But you can't focus on things that matter if all you've been is asleep for forty years. Funny how sleep rhymes with sheep. You know.
Charlie Sheen

Funny, Sleep, Focus

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

Strong, Person, Others

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.
Daniel Defoe

Head, Lion, Army

Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and we're tired of hearing promises that we know they'll never keep.
Ray Davies

Money, Tired, Corruption

It is madness for sheep to talk peace with a wolf.
Thomas Fuller

Peace, Talk, Madness

We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists.
Bill Maher

Country, Free, Speaking

The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.
A. P. Herbert

Together, Two, Living

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

Friends, Tell, Goats

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard

Democracy, Two, Voting

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.
Jack Kevorkian

Sports, Happy, Working

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.
Larry Flynt

Voting, Rights, Individual

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

Give, Away, Year

The seaman tells stories of winds, the ploughman of bulls; the soldier details his wounds, the shepherd his sheep.
Laurence J. Peter

Soldier, Seaman, Stories

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

Same, Interests, Shepherd

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

May, Wolf, Troubles

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.
William Ralph Inge

Different, Opinion, While

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

Ireland, Island, Consumed

I'm not a sheep.
Christopher Hitchens

In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.
Austin O'Malley

Down, Stop, Skin

I auditioned for the role of an angel in the Nativity play at school. I didn't get it. I auditioned for Mary; didn't get it. So I made up the character of the sheep who sat next to Baby Jesus.
Nicole Kidman

School, Character, Jesus

I think I could sing and shear a few sheep at the same time.
Robert Plant

Time, Same, Few

Never trust sheep.
Ryan Stiles

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