"Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one."

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Source : Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.251

Richard Whately

#Men Quotes #Sheep Quotes #Driven Quotes

“I've learned to love my brown eyes.”
“First, draw off your hearts, because Jesus Christ, the Head, is risen and ascended upon high, and there sits at the right hand of His Father; and if the Head is in heaven, where should the members be but where the Head is? Shall Christ our Head be in heaven, and shall our hearts, which are His members, lie groveling on the ground and panting after the dust of the earth, making all our inquiry and labor after these? 'If Christ our Head be risen, seek those things that are above, where Christ sits at God's right hand.'”
“He [William Harvey] did not care for chymistrey, and was wont to speake against them with an undervalue.”
“Sometimes superheroes are born, sometimes they are made. Sometimes they make themselves. Sometimes all it takes is will.”

Source : Anne Ursu (2003). “The Disapparation of James”, Hyperion
“I have a lot of trouble understanding all the detail of finance and administration - but if you combine intellectual and professional capacity with a social conscience, you can change things: countries, structures, economic models, colonial states.”
“Nature does not complete things. She is chaotic. Man must finish, and he does so by making a garden and building a wall.”
“I pay a lot of attention to box office because I understand it. TV ratings? I don't know how to interpret them, since I'm new to TV, so I'm just going to wait for somebody to tell me.”

Source : "‘Paranormal Activity’ Director Oren Peli Talks About Creating the New ABC Show ‘The River’" by Eric Kohn, www.indiewire.com. February 10, 2012.
“When you see someone dying in front of you from a direct and simple cause, it's easier to deal with [that] than famine or drought or a more indirect cause. It's overwhelming and frightening and kind of distant, but we do see it every day with plants and animals and species dying.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com

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