#herd

Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain. ↗

— Edmund Waller

#poor #prayed #rain #sailors #shepherds

Though large herds of deer do much harm to the neighbourhood, yet the injury to the morals of the people is of more moment than the loss of their crops. ↗

— Gilbert White

#deer #harm #herds #injury #large

Republicans: steely, rational, paternalistic, respectful of authority, easy to herd, the party of No. Democrats: sugary, emotional, idealistic, yearning for novelty, hard to marshal, the party of Oh Yeah, Baby, Make Mama Feel Good. ↗

— James Wolcott

#baby #democrats #easy #emotional #feel

Well, the big elephant in the whole system is the baby boomer generation that marches through like a herd of elephants. And we begin to retire in 2008. ↗

— Lindsey Graham

#begin #big #boomer #elephant #elephants

Man is not the lord of beings. Man is the shepherd of Being. ↗

— Martin Heidegger

#beings #lord #man #shepherd

O imitators, you slavish herd! ↗

— Horace

#imitators #slavish #you

We were looking for a 'good shepherd,' and instead we got a German shepherd. ↗

— Pope Benedict XVI

#good #got #instead #looking #shepherd

If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief. ↗

— James Bovard

#dignified #government #hard #looking #many

A hungry wolf at all the herd will run, In hopes, through many, to make sure of one. ↗

— William Congreve

#hopes #hungry #make #many #run

We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting. ↗

— Jacques Yves Cousteau

#civilization #farmers #farming #herd #hunters