"It would require more hands to manage a……" — James Hogg
"It would require more hands to manage a stock of sheep, gather them from the hills, force them into houses and folds, and drive them to markets, than the profits of the whole stock were capable of maintaining."
—
James Hogg
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
6 Quotes by James Hogg
James Hogg has 6 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart - better, perhaps, than with one.…
-
The charge was left entirely to himself from midnight until the rising of the sun; and if all the shepherds…
-
He had one uniform practice, and a very bad one it was, during the time of family worship, and just…
-
He was scarcely then a year old, and knew so little of herding that he had never turned a sheep…
-
Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence.
See all 6 quotes by James Hogg »
More Capable Quotes
This quote is filed under Capable Quotes,
one of 2,237 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one.
— Margaret Atwood
-
The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in…
— Charles Babbage
-
My message to women is: Women: We can do it. We are capable of doing almost anything, but we must…
— Michelle Bachelet
-
It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited…
— Douglas Adams
-
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
— Douglas Adams
-
In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or…
— Simone de Beauvoir
-
Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
— Joseph Addison
-
If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has…
— Joseph Addison
-
Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.
— Aphra Behn
-
If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of…
— Pope Benedict XVI
-
I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being…
— Tony Blair
-
People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in…
— David Bohm
See all 2,237 Capable Quotes »