Quotes by Sheep Taxation: how the sheep are shorn. Edward Abbey taxes taxation sheep A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves. Edward R. Murrow political government sheep In a nation of sheep, one brave man forms a majority. Edward Abbey brave sheep men In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal. Edward Abbey land sheep men Experience has taught me that the Shepherd is far more willing to show His sheep the path than the sheep are to follow. He is endlessly merciful, patient, tender, and loving. If we, His stupid and wayward sheep, really want to be led, we will without fail be led. Of that I am sure. Elisabeth Elliot stupid want sheep By prolonged and continued fellowship, the sheep who follow nearby enjoy the shepherd's presence and become his familiar companions. To those closest to him, he shares the choicest portions of the food he's gathered. These happy and content sheep are never in danger. Why? Because they are near the shepherd! Elizabeth George inspiration christian sheep 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 fighting sheep heart You can butcher the sheep only once. But if you are careful, you can shear the sheep every year. Elizabeth Gilbert sheep patience years In families children tend to take on stock roles, as if there were hats hung up in some secret place, visible only to the children. Each succeeding child selects a hat and takes on that role: the good child, the black sheep, the clown, and so forth. Ellen Galinsky secret-places sheep children No, one couldn't make a revolution, one couldn't even start a riot, with sheep that asked only for better browsing. Ellen Glasgow status-quo revolution sheep You are absolutely beautiful," Anne said. "But if you see yourself, you'll want to pin your hair back like a shepherdess in a bad play." (Eleanor) "Are you saying that I normally look as if I'm tending sheep? With straw in my hair? As if I might yodel? Eloisa James hair sheep beautiful The Lord can give, and the Lord can take away. I might be herding sheep next year. Elvis Presley sheep giving years It would be equally reasonable to say that sheep are born carnivorous, and everywhere nibble grass. Emile Faguet freedom would-be sheep A heaven so clear, an earth so calm, Emily Bronte air sheep sweet Then he continues his rant,saying, "And even if I didn't know them, I know their type." "And what type is that?" she asks,leaning foward in her chair,yearning for confirmation that he gets it,that they are like-minded in their observations of others and the circumspect way they view the world. "Oh,let's see," he says,rubbing his jaw. "Superficial.Artificial.Sheep. They're more worried about how they come across to others than who they really are.They exhaust themselves in their pursuit of things that don't really matter. Emily Giffin views sheep world Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others the submissiveness of sheep. The taint inherent in absolute power is not its inhumanity but its anti-humanity. Eric Hoffer humanity sheep people Grow up, Bailey." "That is precisely what I'm doing," Bailey says. "I don't care if you don't understand that. Staying here won't make me happy. It will make you happy because you're insipid and boring, and an insipid, boring life is enough for you. It's not enough for me. It will never be enough for me. So I'm leaving. Do me a favor and marry someone who will take decent care of the sheep. Erin Morgenstern growing-up leaving sheep Civil Society is a cluster of institutions and associations strong enough to prevent tyranny, but which are, none the less, entered and left freely, rather than imposed by birth or sustained by awesome ritual. You can join the Labour Party without slaughtering a sheep. Ernest Gellner party strong sheep 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 sheep silly animal As to the most prudent logicians might venture to deduce from a skein of wool the probable existence of a sheep; so you, from the raw stuff of perception, may venture to deduce a universe which transcends the reproductive powers of your loom. Evelyn Underhill perception sheep may «345678910111213»