Shearing Quotes

If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen. (Henry David Thoreau)
In any case, I'd rather not deal with such questions, because anyway it's like shearing a pig – lots of screams but little wool. View quote
Vladimir Putin
Today, most women are surrounded by ingenious gadgets. They don't grow the peas or raise the chicken that they serve for dinner; instead they hunt and gather in the grocery store. They go through catalogs or department stores to buy clothes instead of shearing sheep, carding wool, and weaving cloth for skirts and coats and blankets. View quote
Helen Fisher
It must happen to us all...We pack up what we've learned so far and leave the familiar behind. No fun, that shearing separation, but somewhere within, we must dimly know that saying goodbye to safety brings the only security we'll ever know. View quote
Richard Bach
In levying taxes and in shearing sheep, it is well to stop when you get down to the skin. View quote
Austin O'Malley