Butcher Quotes

92 Butcher quotes by 86 unique authors

Only the slow reader will notice the odd crowd of images-flier, butcher, seal-which have gathered to comment on the aims and activities of the speeding… — William H. Gass
Mr. William Shakespeare was born at Stratford upon Avon in the county of Warwick. His father was a butcher, and I have been told heretofore… — John Aubrey
The very people who shudder over the cruelty of the hunter are apt to forget that slaughter, in the grimmest sense of the word, is… — Lewis Mumford
I'm not gonna box Ruiz...I don't box, I knock holes through people. I'm gonna cut Ruiz up. I'm gonna butcher him. He ain't gonna last… — James Toney
Initially with The Butcher Boy, there was this kid growing up in this strange, weird environment that I remember from when I was a kid.… — Neil Jordan
Sheep run to the slaughterhouse, silent and hopeless, but at least sheep never vote for the butcher who kills them or the people who devour… — Octave Mirbeau
Thanksgiving was always a favorite holiday for me. The preparation was fun! My grandma and I would walk to the butcher on Jamaica Avenue in… — Debi Mazar
The inhabitants are numerous and happy... Throuhout the country the people do not kill any living creature, nor drink intoxicating liquor, they do not keep… — Faxian
The International Brigade was not formed to protect freedom and democracy. It was founded as a tool of of the Comintern, to promote the interests… — Kevin Myers
Compassion and shame come over one who considers how precarious is the origin of the proudest of living beings: often the smell of a lately… — Pliny the Elder
Some maniac butcher is trying to hack away your balls. — Alice Cooper
I've had meetings with Fidel Castro. I've had meetings with Kim Il-Sung. I've had meetings with other dictators. I've met with the Butcher of Beijing.… — Gary Ackerman
Who finds the heifer dead and bleeding fresh And sees fast-by a butcher with an axe, But will suspect 'twas he that made the slaughter? — William Shakespeare
Whoe'er has gone thro' London street, Has seen a butcher gazing at his meat, And how he keeps Gloating upon a sheep's Or bullock's personals,… — Thomas Hood
Speaking to a lawyer about pictures is something like talking to a butcher about humanity. — John Constable
A friend of mine said, 'Leukemia hasn't met Susan Butcher yet,' and I agree with her. It's going to have to fight awful hard if… — Susan Butcher
I could not help wondering in my own mind....how it came to pass that our joints of meat were of such extraordinary shapes - and… — Charles Dickens
I have very good knife skills. I learned to butcher on my second job - I was 18 years old. Every other day we would… — Tom Colicchio
What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bee and he told me about the butcher and my wife. — Rodney Dangerfield
My grandmother was amazing. She completely believed in me and was very encouraging. She would go to the supermarket or the butcher or wherever and… — Marc Jacobs
After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me,… — Shirley Jones
A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a… — John Harvey Kellogg
I'm always making Butcher Holler sound like the most backward part of the United States-and I think maybe it is. — Loretta Lynn
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their… — Adam Smith
i want to hear what's happened to you," she said evenly after a while. she gestured in the direction, down river, of the butcher shop.… — Louise Erdrich

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