Of all political sacred-cows, education is the most sacred and the most cow-like. — Enoch Powell Copy Share Image
Knowledge is a sacred cow, and my problem will be how we can milk her while keeping clear of her horns. — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Copy Share Image
Our freedom is our sacred cow; no one should touch it! We must be very pious in this holy matter. — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
The only sacred cow is an organisation should be its basic philosophy of doing business. — Thomas Watson, Jr Copy Share Image
Questioning the status quo can result in banishment, imprisonment, ridicule or being burned at the stake, depending on your era, your locale,… — Gene Spafford Copy Share Image
Go your own way. Question everything. Accept nothing. Accept no dogma, no cant. There are too many people walking around thinking they're… — Rosie DiManno Copy Share Image
Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don’t worship it. Feed it. [Addressing a group of prospective contributors to… — Abba Eban Copy Share Image
Everyone now has a sacred cow in the tax code. For my money, the most sacred thing of all is our country… — Ari Fleischer Copy Share Image
When it came to slaughtering sacred cows with such crude yet perfect musical precision, there was no one better than Frank. I… — Terry Gilliam Copy Share Image
I unintentionally slaughter sacred cows in public venues and speak my mind even when I have lost it. I often open my… — Rock Cowles Copy Share Image
In the average newspaper there is not a complete suppression of stories that the sacred cows don't want printed. But rather what… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
Science is not a sacred cow-but there are a large number of would-be sacred cowherds busily devoting quantities of time, energy and… — John W. Campbell Copy Share Image
Because of these new car models there is suddenly on the streets of Delhi a new intolerance by the motorists for both… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
I think our grandparents were Victor Frankenstein. I basically am the kind of deeply unnatural creature that Mrs Shelley instinctively dreaded. I… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule… — Sam Kinison Copy Share Image
Self-deceit—It’s in the “Nine Satanic Statements” but deserves to be repeated here. Another cardinal sin. We must not pay homage to any… — Anton Szandor LaVey Copy Share Image
We have this sacred cow in our society that what the majority of people want is rightbut is it? Our populace can't… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
Dennis looked at the puppy in the window. We both did. It was the oddest thing. Normally, puppies in pet store windows… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
The velocity of light occupies an extraordinary place in modern physics. It is lèse-majesté to make any criticism of the velocity of… — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
Okay," I said. "Just a normal afternoon and two normal people." She nodded. "And so...hypothetically, if these to people likes each other,… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“This is said to civilized men who are to venture into countries where sacred cows are fed, while children are left to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
...I am afraid that education is conceived more in terms of indoctrination by most school officials than in terms of enlightenment. My… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Everybody thinks of baseball as a sacred cow. When you have the nerve to challenge it, people look down their noses at… — Curt Flood Copy Share Image
I don't know how many sacred cows there are today. I think there's a little confusion between humor and gross passing for… — Bob Newhart Copy Share Image
So, this is my plea to all Western editors and producers: Display the Muhammad cartoon daily, until the Islamists become accustomed to… — Daniel Pipes Copy Share Image
“Ohhh what precious life energy and safety one will spend and risk for a lifeless precious metal that the living attribute such… — Tracey Bond Copy Share Image
Man is naturally a religious being. His heart instinctively seeks for God whether he reverences the sacred cow or prays to the… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
She looks like the type that might freak out. It's something in the eyes, Frannie. It says if you shoot my sacred… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
This was what the universities were turning out nowadays. The science-is-a-sacred-cow boys. People who believe you could pour mankind into a test-tube… — Frank M. Robinson Copy Share Image
When you are challenging the young, they can come back at you with language of tremendous power and they are no respecters… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image