Pig is a large pink, brown, or black farm animal with short legs and a curved tail, kept for its meat. Inspirational pig quotes will fire up your brain and inspire you to look at life differently while making you laugh.
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Famous Pig Quotes
A clean pig makes lean bacon. Serbian Proverb
I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. Winston Churchill
A pig may whistle, though it has a bad mouth for it. English Proverb
Man thrives where angels would die of ecstasy and where pigs would die of disgust. Kenneth Rexroth
A pig used to dirt turns its nose up at rice. Japanese Proverb
Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn’t hiss or boo me. James Dean
A pig’s tail will never make a good arrow. Spanish Proverb

But I think the majority of cows, and even more so chickens and pigs, are leading pretty miserable lives. Peter Singer
Child’s pig, father’s pork. Portuguese Proverb
Pigs are smarter than dogs, and both are smarter than Congress. Elayne Boosler
He that has but one pig easily fattens it. Italian Proverb
If you catch a pig, catch it by the leg. Irish Proverb
I am not a pig farmer. The pigs had a great time, but I didn’t make any money. Willie Nelson
If you pull one pig by the tail all the rest will squeal. Dutch Proverb
Pigs are smart little creatures. They just need love. Shelley Duvall
Old pigs have hard snouts. German Proverb
I’ve always loved pigs: the shape of them, the look of them, and the fact that they are so intelligent. Maurice Sendak
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which. George Orwell
Today’s pig is tomorrows bacon! Hunter S Thompson
In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. Ambrose Bierce
I will never deny that life isn’t fair. It seems as though when a woman leaves a man she is strong and independent, but when a man leaves a woman he is a pig and a jerk. Criss Jami
Everything in a pig is good. What ingratitude has permitted his name to become a term of opprobrium? Grimod de la Reynière
A pig resembles a saint in that he is more honored after death than during his lifetime. Irma S Rombauer
Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it. George Bernard Shaw
You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle. William J. Clinton
Alanna gasped with fury. I’d as soon kiss a pig! Is that what you’ve been doing-kissing pigs? Or being kissed? Tamora Pierce
You can’t fatten the pig on market day. John Howard
Never try to teach a pig to sing. You waste your time and you annoy the pig. Robert A. Heinlein
Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim. I am even inclined to compare such moral aims to the ambitions of a pig. Albert Einstein
Were archaeologists really such a sex-starved lot as all that? Did pigs really sweat? Paul Russell
Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig. Robert Heinlein
Farmers today keep themselves in ignorance of the needs and true nature of pigs precisely because to know would put their conscience in a terrible bind. Wilful ignorance of this kind is no better than complicity. Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson
Amazing Pig Quotes
Pigs prefer to wallow in clean mud, but if nothing else is available, they will frequently wallow in their own urine, giving rise to the notion that they are dirty animals. Marvin Harris
Think P.I.G. – that’s my motto. P stands for Persistence, I stands for Integrity, and G stands for Guts. These are the ingredients for a successful business and a successful life. Linda Chandler
The best pears fall into pigs’ mouth. Italian Proverb
The life of a pig is short and sweet. French Proverb
The worst pig often gets the best pear. Italian Proverb
The paradise of my fancy is one where pigs have wings G.K. Chesterton
To sheer a pig is to cause a great commotion over very little wool. Irish Proverb
To wash a pig is to waste both water and soap. American Proverb
These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig. Alfred Hitchcock
What can you expect from a pig but a grunt? Swedish Proverb
Fame is like a shaved pig with a greased tail, and it is only after it has slipped through the hands of some thousands, that some fellow, by mere chance, holds on to it! Davy Crockett
When the pig has had a bellyful it upsets the trough. Dutch Proverb
Whether you ignore a pig or worship that pig from afar, to the pig it’s all the same. Spanish Proverb
Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It’s like a conspiracy. Jim Henson
A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. Jamaican Saying
A pig washes in the first pool of water he encounters. Jamaican Saying