“Being a black sheep gives you creative license to do sh*t differently.” ― Andre Hueston Mack
While the shepherd and the milkmaid gathered creamy wool, and the shaggy sheepdog bayed, a piebald ram and a ewe with leopard spots strayed from the flock, and I am the lamb of different hue and shade.
I was considered the black sheep of the family, neighbors didn’t want their kids playing with me.
― Michelle Pfeiffer
Somehow I think it was declared very early on that I was the – if not the black sheep of the family, not a very good student.
― Dustin Hoffman
Flocks, like families, have need of their black sheep—he carries their sorrow for them. He is the other side of their whiteness. Does nobody understand, I wondered, that a crib without a black lamb is an incomplete statement?
― P.L. Travers, The Fox at the Manger
There are only three options for black sheep: live authentically and get kicked out of the community, have the courage to move out on your own and rebuild from scratch, or hide your true self and desperately try to fit in (which you never will).
― Ben Crawford, 2,000 Miles Together
If you’re a black sheep or a tie-died sheep or a Carefree Scamp – I’d rather sit around the fire with you than the ‘decent, mediocre types’ any day of the week.
― Karl Wiggins, Wrong Planet – Searching for your Tribe
The black sheep is very often the dark horse.
― George Raymond, Trefology.com
One benefit of being the black sheep in the family—or in this case, being the only half villain and going to an all-hero school—is that everyone expects me to screw up. So when I don’t, it’s like I performed a miracle.
― Chelsea M. Campbell, The Betrayal of Renegade X
He’d always been the black sheep, the outlier; with no reason to choose sides because no side had ever chosen him.
― Dez Schwartz, The Dapper Detective
A family without a black sheep is not a typical family.
― Heinrich Böll, Children Are Civilians Too
Underneath all their deserved frustration with the mongoose is often the sort of love one might have for the black sheep of one’s family, a kind of He may be obnoxious, but he is ours.
― Thomm Quackenbush, The Curious Case of the Talking Mongoose
The black sheep of the family might produce eagles. ― Tamerlan Kuzgov
The goodreads.com-sourced quotes of fabulous authors in this fable I only read between the lines. Call me Mouton Noir. The shaggy sheepdog answers to La Fontaine.
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The black sheep is very often the dark horse. Nicely done, Pepe & Cogito
That is not only an astute observation, George, but a good bet. Against all odds, it edged out a favorite black sheep quote in the post. Literally. take a look.
Sincerely honored. Thank you.
Likewise, George. Thank you.
I suspect that the larger the family, the more nuanced the grey scale.
I suspect you are correct, LuAnne. Thank you.
Shades of grey
black sheep with goatees
kid me not