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Letter "S" » sacred cow
«Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don't worship it. Feed it.»
Author: Aubrey Eben
| About:
Science
| Keywords:
cow, cowed, feed, horse, sacred, sacred cow, worship
«Slaying sacred cows makes great steaks.»
«On her pages sacred cows become blustering pachyderms.»
«Sacred cows make very poor gladiators»
«SACRED, adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as, the Dalai Lama of Thibet; the Moogum of M'bwango; the temple of Apes in Ceylon; the Cow in India; the Crocodile, the Cat and the Onion of ancient Egypt; the Mufti of Moosh; the hair of the dog that bit Noah, etc.All things are either sacred or profane. The former to ecclesiasts bring gain; The latter to the devil appertain. --Dumbo Omohundro»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
adj, ancient Egypt, apes, appertain, appertained, appertaining, Ceylon, crocodile, crocodiles, Dalai, Dalai Lama, dedicated, Egypt, etc., etc, hair of the dog, India, inspiring, Lama, mufti, Noah, onion, profane, sacred cow, solemn, Temple of, The Crocodile, The Crocodiles, The Dalai Lama, The Onion, The temple, Thibet
«Sacred cows make the best hamburger»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Food,
Funny
| Keywords:
cows, hamburger, hamburgers, sacred, sacred cow
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