“ I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk. ”
- H. L. Mencken- Copy
- 2.1K
“ The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. ”
- Lord Chesterfield- Copy
- 2.5K
“ Tongue - a variety of meat, rarely served because it clearly crosses the line between a cut of beef and a piece of a dead cow. ”
- Bob Ekstrom- Copy
- 668
“ A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
- 2.4K
“ I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one: But I can tell you, anyhow I'd rather see than be one. ”
- Frank Gelett Burgess- Copy
- 3.1K
“ We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way. ”
- George S. Patton- Copy
- 3.6K
“ I could dance with you until the cows come home. On second thought I'd rather dance with the cows until you come home. ”
- Groucho Marx- Copy
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“ Cows are amongst the gentlest of breathing creatures; none show more passionate tenderness to their young when deprived of them. And, in short, I am not ashamed to profess a deep love for these quiet creatures. ”
- Thomas De Quincey- Copy
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“ Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep. If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed… ”
- Bible- Copy
- 1.2K
“ The Oxen and the Axle-Trees A heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon the Oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: Hullo there! why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we, not you, ought to cry out… ”
- Aesop- Copy
- 1.3K
“ The Stag in the Ox-Stall A stag, roundly chased by the hounds and blinded by fear to the danger he was running into, took shelter in a farmyard and hid himself in a shed among the oxen. An Ox gave him this kindly warning: O unhappy creature! why should you thus, of your own accord, incur destruction and trust yourself in the house of your enemy?' The Stag replied: Only allow me, friend, to stay where I am, and I will undertake to find some favorable opportunity of effecting my escape… ”
- Aesop- Copy
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“ There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten. ”
- Indira Gandhi- Copy
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“ If happiness truly consisted of physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman; it would be, I think, an American cow. ”
- William Lyon Phelps- Copy
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“ Some see private enterprise as a predatory target to be shot, others as a cow to be milked, but few are those who see it as a sturdy horse pulling the wagon. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
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“ For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull. ”
- Ralph Nader- Copy
- 270
“ Having the world's best idea will do you no good unless you act on it. People who want milk shouldn't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in hopes that a cow will back up to them. ”
- Curtis Grant- Copy
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“ He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on. ”
- Benjamin Franklin- Copy
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“ Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more. ”
- Martin Luther- Copy
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“ No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes. ”
- Käthe Kollwitz- Copy
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“ She always says, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you look them in the face hard enough they generally run away. ”
- Dorothy L. Sayers- Copy
- 1.1K
“ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. ”
- Aldous Huxley- Copy
- 594
“ So they speak soothingly about progress and the greatest possible happiness, forgetting that happiness the happiest individual would be, I think, an American cow. ”
- William Lyon Phelps- Copy
- 151
“ Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon. ”
- Winston Churchill- Copy
- 1.9K
“ The mere brute pleasure of reading — the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. ”
- Gilbert K. Chesterton- Copy
- 1K
“ The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat, or takes in its milk, on the principle that it is cheaper to do this than to keep a cow. So it is, but the milk is more likely to be watered. ”
- Samuel Butler- Copy
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“ To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony. ”
- Billie Burke- Copy
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