Pastoral Resources

Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star.

I don't want anybody suspecting I am some sheep and part of the Washington D.C. establishment.

The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.

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

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

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

I love the lambs, not the sheep.

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

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.

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

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

I went to England in the '70s, and I was in my early 20s. There was still a residue of that era of being an underclass or colonial. I assume it must have been a more aggressive and prominent attitude 40 years before that, because Australia internationally wasn't regarded as having much cultural value. We were a country full of sheep and convicts.

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.

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

Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.

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.

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

I don't do impersonations. I can do a wounded elephant! I can do a really good cow! And because of the amount of time I spent in North Yorkshire, I do a variety of sheep. All of which I will be happy to roll out for you!

Never trust sheep.

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