Horse Quotes

They swayed about upon a rocking horse, And thought it Pegasus.

From a hundred rabbits you can't make a horse.

I'm a lurker and a creep. Women don't like me because I sleep standing up, like a horse.

There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first, ranging from grizzly bears to 'mean' horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid.

There are things that the horse did for me that a human couldn't have done.

GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its wild condition it is something like a thunderbolt, an earthquake and a cyclone.

A popular saying in Alderson went as follows: 'They work us like a horse, feed us like a bird, treat us like a child, dress us like a man - and then expect us to act like a lady.

Whether it's horses or whatever it is you do, it doesn't become an art until your soul goes into what you do.

If cows and horses had hands and could draw, cows would draw gods that look like cows and horses would draw gods that look like horses.

As time went on, I did campaign to lighten the character a little bit, to introduce some romance into the episodes, outside activities, horse riding and fencing and mountaineering.

If you act like you've only got fifteen minutes, it'll take all day. Act like you've got all day and it'll take fifteen minutes.

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.

Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way, Self-mettle tires him.

If you have seen nothing but the beauty of their markings and limbs, their true beauty is hidden from you.

The number one worst piece of horsemanship on earth is violence.

All the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the past together again. So let's remember: Don't try to saw sawdust.

No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.

This is really a lovely horse, I once rode her mother.

When you find that the horse is compelled and interested in you, something in you changes. That can be healing or move you deeply.

You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be led.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.

A horse will never tire of a rider who possesses both tact and sensitivity because he will never be pushed beyond his possibilities.

It's a lot like nuts and bolts - if the rider's nuts, the horse bolts!

I split my time between Santa Barbara and Aspen. I live on a pretty fast horse.

He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.

One-fourth of humanity must be eliminated from the social body. We are in charge of God's selection process for planet Earth. He selects, we destroy. We are the riders of the pale horse, Death.

Through the ample open door of the peaceful country barn, A sun-lit pasture field, with cattle and horses feeding; And haze, and vista, and the far horizon, fading away.

A good jockey doesn't need orders and a bad jockey couldn't carry them out anyway; so it's best not to give them any.

Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only in race horses and fancy women.

When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.

A good trainer can hear a horse speak to him. A great trainer can hear him whisper.

Get off your horse and drink your milk.

There are only two classes in good society in England: the equestrian classes and the neurotic classes.

Here lies the body of my good horse, The General. For years he bore me around the circuit of my practice and all that time he never made a blunder. Would that his master could say the same.

You can kiss me if you like," she said. Alex let go of her and turned away. "Thanks, Fiona," he said. "But frankly I'd prefer to kiss the horse.

The title race is between two horses and a little horse that needs milk and needs to learn how to jump.

The horse can just be a great vehicle for some people to overcome things in their life that they might not be able to overcome otherwise.

A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops.

Don't worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon.

One way to stop a runaway horse is to bet on him.

Nothing is so abject and pathetic as a politician who has lost his job, save only a retired stud-horse.

As a little girl I used to daydream about my real father coming on a white horse to rescue me.

If I'd listened to customers, I'd have given them a faster horse.

Bring me a wheel of oaken wood A rein of polished leather A Heavy Horse and a tumbling sky Brewing heavy weather.

Four things greater than all things are Women and horses and power and War.

When the land is cultivated entirely by the spade and no horses are kept, a cow is kept for every three acres of land.

You shouldn't have any betting in the locker room at all, whether it's baseball or it's horses. You can't beat the horses. You can't beat any kind of gambling because they have the odds.

Red Dawn was really the most fun I ever had making a movie, because I love Westerns, and I love the idea of being a tomboy, and riding horses and shooting guns.

I've been around horses, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a horseman by any means. It's a combination of being very aware of them, and not trusting them.