Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close, Up yonder hill the village murmur rose; There as I passed, with careless… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The Democratic party today is not so much a political party as a milling herd, and the herd is easily stampeded. — Emmett Tyrrell Copy Share Image
It was very depressing to realize that, when looking around for regimes that have systematically corrupted science within the past century or… — John Grant Copy Share Image
I am distinctly opposed to visibly arrogant and arbitrary extremes of government--but this is simply because I wish the safety of an… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Last year in the U.S. alone more than nine hundred thousand people were reported missing and not found... That's out of three… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
One is born into a herd of buffaloes and must be glad if one is not trampled under foot before one's time. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“Most people are too silly to be truly interested in any thing. They herd together like cattle, and do not know what… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A robin red-breast in a cage, puts all of Heaven in a rage. Think to yourself that every day is your last.… — Hannibal Copy Share Image
The spiritual differs from the religious in being able to endure isolation. The rank of a spiritual person is proportionate to his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The herd instinct is the new chic! It's like belonging to a club! — Eugenia Sheppard Copy Share Image
Any fool can try to defend his or her mistakes- and most fools do- but it raises one above the herd and… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
...Hard people are weak people whom nobody wants, and the strong, caring little whether they are wanted or not, have alone that… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
First, recognize that you are not a sheep who will be satisfied with only a few nibbles of dry grass or with… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
I had seen a herd of Elephant travelling through dense native forest ... pacing along as if they had an appointment at… — Isak Dinesen Copy Share Image
With cold eyes and indifferent mind the spectators regard the work. Connoissers admire the "skill" (as one admires a tightrope walker), enjoy… — Wassily Kandinsky Copy Share Image
The god we now behold with opened eyes, A herd of spotted panthers round him lies In glaring forms; the grapy clusters… — Ovid Copy Share Image
Gorlog's teeth!" Erak exclaimed, stunned at the numbers. "How many are there?" "Ten thousand, maybe twelve," Halt replied briefly. The Skandian let… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
We are here for what amounts to a few/hours,/a day at most./We feel around making sense of the terrain,/our own new limbs,/Bumping… — Tracy K. Smith Copy Share Image
The herd instinct seems to be the strongest human emotion, one that the race is constantly breeding off as the mavericks are… — John Train Copy Share Image
Fainthearted animals move about in herds. The lion walks alone in the desert. Let the poet always walk thus. — Alfred de Vigny Copy Share Image
Man is an essentially superstitious and fearful animal. Take away the herd's Christian gods and saints and they will without failing come… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Mediocrity cherishes rules; as for me, I hate them; I feel for them and for every restriction, corporation, caste, hierarchy, level, herd,… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
and, unlike the celebrated herd in the poem, they were not forty children conducting themselves as one, but every child was conducting… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The goal is to keep the bewildered herd bewildered. It's unnecessary for them to trouble themselves with what's happening in the world.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
