Pig Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old pig quotes, pig sayings, and pig proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

A clean pig makes lean bacon. Serbian Proverb
A pig may whistle, though it has a bad mouth for it. English Proverb
A pig used to dirt turns its nose up at rice. Japanese Proverb
A pig's tail will never make a good arrow. Spanish Proverb
Child's pig, father's pork. Portuguese Proverb
He that has but one pig easily fattens it. Italian Proverb
If you catch a pig, catch it by the leg. Irish Proverb
If you pull one pig by the tail all the rest will squeal. Dutch Proverb
Old pigs have hard snouts. German Proverb
Pigs are smart little creatures. They just need love. Shelley Duvall
Today's pig is tomorrows bacon! Hunter S Thompson
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
A pig resembles a saint in that he is more honored after death than during his lifetime. Irma S Rombauer
You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle. William J. Clinton
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
Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig. Robert Heinlein
Man thrives where angels would die of ecstasy and where pigs would die of disgust. Kenneth Rexroth
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
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
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
What can you expect from a pig but a grunt? Swedish Proverb
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
A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. Jamaican Saying
A pig washes in the first pool of water he encounters. Jamaican Saying