Herd Quotes

But the average person doesn`t have that much imagination. They just want to be entertained. They want to have the tableau presented for them. They don`t want to participate beyond a certain point. They want the safety of the herd, to be catered to, sit back and enjoy.

(This consumer is not out in front, far from it. This consumer is) part of the herd. They`re word-of-mouth creatures, ... They`re asking their friends and colleagues, `Are you using the camera on your cellphone yet? Me, neither.` But if they ask around and people say, `Yeah, I use it all the time,` then they`ll rethink and try it out.

But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little and who talk too much.

Trumpet in a herd of elephants; crow in the company of cocks; bleat in a flock of goats.

Well, the big elephant in the whole system is the baby boomer generation that marches through like a herd of elephants. And we begin to retire in 2008.

Like the herd animals we are, we sniff warily at the strange one among us.

Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind.

From an ecological standpoint, the BLM feels strongly that what the horses need is more summer range, ... If a decision is made that they can no longer have access to Forest Service lands, we will have to cut the herd.

If the public decides they`re not in favor of fertility control, we have only one option left - gathers, ... Natural controls aren`t enough to impact the herd.

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.

The greatest difficulty is that men do not think enough of themselves, do not consider what it is that they are sacrificing when they follow in a herd, or when they cater for their establishment

Morality is the herd-instinct in the individual.

Morality is herd instinct in the individual.

A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It`s a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the room than even one cat; they make nests in the notes and bite the end of the pen and walk on the typewriter keys.

The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.

We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting.