Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Quotations about Horses



There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. ~Winston Churchill


Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. ~W.C. Fields


Riding: The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground. ~Author Unknown


It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb


The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb


Many people have sighed for the 'good old days' and regretted the 'passing of the horse,' but today, when only those who like horses own them, it is a far better time for horses. ~C.W. Anderson


No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle. ~Winston Churchill

People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are. ~Author Unknown


Horses and children, I often think, have a lot of the good sense there is in the world. ~Josephine Demott Robinson


The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse's ears. ~Arabian Proverb


Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes? ~Nikolay Gogol


A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle. ~Ian Fleming


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


A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words. ~Beryl Markham

I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that, my art is not above the ordinary. ~Mark Twain


There are fools, damn fools, and those who remount in a steeplechase. ~Bill Whitbread


All I pay my psychiatrist is the cost of feed and hay, and he'll listen to me any day. ~Author Unknown


In riding a horse, we borrow freedom. ~Helen Thomson


God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses. ~R.B. Cunninghame Graham

Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb


If your horse says no, you either asked the wrong question, or asked the question wrong. ~Pat Parelli


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