Pigs Quotes

• I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Dirty, Fighting, Naughty

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• I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Life, Leadership

  Speech at the Reform Club, April 28, 1981.

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• The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.

  Martina Navratilova

  Inspirational, Commitment, Eggs

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• A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. They're all animals.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Dog, Animal, Boys

  Washingtonian magazine, August 01, 1986.

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• When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?" "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?" "I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully. "It's the same thing," he said.

  A. A. Milne

  Morning, Food, Taoism

  A.A. Milne (1973). “Winnie-the-Pooh”

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• I am very proud to be called a pig. It stands for pride, integrity and guts.

  Ronald Reagan

  Integrity, Pride, Proud

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• A fool cannot be protected from his folly. If you attempt to do so, you will not only arouse his animosity but also you will be attempting to deprive him of whatever benefit he is capable of deriving from experience. Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Benefits, Waste, Fool

  Time Enough for Love "Prelude II" (1973)

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• To the heavens on the wings of a pig.

  John Steinbeck

  Wings, Heaven

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• You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle.

  William J. Clinton

  Eagles, Wings, Political

  Clinton, William J. (1997). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1995”, p.1187, Best Books on

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• Don't ever wrestle with a pig. You'll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.

  Cale Yarborough

  Dirty, Intelligent, Intelligence

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• At one point, as Samuel urges Adam to raise his boys well regardless of the blood that might be in them, Adam tells him, "You can't make a race horse of a pig." Samuel replies, "No, but you can make a very fast pig.

  John Steinbeck

  Horse, Boys, Race

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• When it comes to having a central nervous system, and the ability to feel pain, hunger, and thirst, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.

  Ingrid Newkirk

  Dog, Pain, Animal

  "Washingtonian" Magazine, August 1, 1986.

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• If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he did on the side.

  Orson Scott Card

  Men, Democracy, Politics

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• Today's pig is tomorrows bacon!

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Today, Tomorrow

  Hunter S. Thompson (2011). “Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

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• These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.

  Alfred Hitchcock

  Music, Men, Sound

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• The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

  George Orwell

  Animal, Men, Pet

  Animal Farm ch. 10 (1945)

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• More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows you how good we are at evaluating risk.

  Bruce Schneier

  Sharks, Years, People

  Bruce Schneier (2006). “Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World”, p.29, Springer Science & Business Media

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• Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Inspirational, Funny, Leadership

  Time Enough for Love "Prelude II" (1973)

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• Who can't like pigs? They're wonderful creatures! I've always liked pigs.

  Alexander McCall Smith

  Wonderful, Creatures

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• It's no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, 'Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer.' By then, pigs will be your style.

  Quentin Crisp

  Inspirational, Running, Years

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• After all, what could you expect from a pig but a grunt?

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Grunt

  Lucy Maud Montgomery (2016). “ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - Complete Collection: ALL 14 Books in One Volume (Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Rainbow Valley, The Story Girl, Chronicles of Avonlea and more): Including Letters and Autobiography of Lucy Maud Montgomery”, p.1838, e-artnow

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• In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Funny, Integrity, Heart

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.68, University of Georgia Press

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• It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, are of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question.

  John Stuart Mill

  Different, Fool, Sides

  John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). “The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill”, p.102, Hackett Publishing

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• Just watch. Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered. When you try to take it too far, people turn the other way. I'm just telling you, when you've got a good thing and you get greedy, it always, always, always, always, always turns on you. That's rule No. 1 of business.

  Mark Cuban

  People, Trying, Watches

  "Mark Cuban predicted the NFL's ratings free fall years ago - and his theory might be coming true" by Nathan McAlone, www.businessinsider.com. November 3, 2016.

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• There's times to be dainty and times to be a pig.

  Doug Stanhope

  Dainty

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