Sheepdogs Quotes

• "Honor never grows old, and honor rejoices the heart of age. It does so because honor is, finally, about defending those noble and worthy things that deserve defending, even if it comes at a high cost. In our time, that may mean social disapproval, public scorn, hardship, persecution, or as always, even death itself.
  The question remains: What is worth defending? What is worth dying for? What is worth living for?

  William Bennett

  Mean, Heart, Honor

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• There is no more off-leash reliable, calm, sophisticated, go-with-you-anywhere dog than a trained sheepdog.

  Donald McCaig

  Dog, Calm, Sophisticated

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• People often wonder just what trainers give the sheepdog in exchange for its boundless willingness. Food treats and praise sit on the trainer's shelf, untouched, unused. The sheepdog is shown its possibilities, he learns what life is like for a good dog and is invited to walk in a rational world whose farthest boundaries are defined by grace.

  Donald McCaig

  Dog, People, Giving

  Donald McCaig (2014). “Nop's Hope: A Novel”, p.122, Open Road Media

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• We laugh at sheep because sheep just follow the one in front. We humans have out-sheeped the sheep, because at least the sheep need a sheep dog to keep them in line. Humans keep each other in line. And they do it by ridiculing or condemning anyone who commits the crime, and that’s what it’s become, of being different.

  David Icke

  Dog, Sheep, Laughing

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• 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

  Heart, Fighting, Sheep

  Elizabeth Moon (1988). “Sheepfarmer's Daughter”, p.708, Baen Books

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• My guess is that most Australians today would vote for Babe. A piglet who dreams of being a statesmanlike sheepdog. Who merely by asking politely, can lead the electorate two by two through the gate where the grass is always greener.

  Wendy Harmer

  Dream, Women, Two

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• We also have a dog. His name's Beast. He's a sheepdog. He's super cute. I love him.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Cute, Dog, I Love Him

  "The Best Tech Quotes of 2014" by Vauhini Vara, www.newyorker.com. December 14, 2014.

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• Novels do take charge of the writer, and the writer is basically a kind of sheepdog just trying to keep things on track.

  John Gregory Dunne

  Writing, Track, Trying

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• Jacob is a German Shepherd. (I have never understood why they aren't called German Sheepdogs. What do the Germans call shepherds?)

  Alan Coren

  Dog, Shepherds, Jacob

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