Horse Quotes



Welcome to Horse Quotes. Here you will find famous quotes and quotations about horses.

Horse Quotes and Quotations

A canter is a cure for every evil. ~Benjamin Disraeli

A dog may be man's best friend, but the horse wrote history. ~Author Unknown

A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks, but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more than a loan. ~Pam Brown

A horse doesn't care how much you know, until he knows how much you care. ~Pat Parelli

A horse is poetry in motion. ~Author Unknown

A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence. ~Pam Brown

A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb

A Horseman should know neither fear, nor anger. ~James Rarey

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

A man on a horse is spiritually as well as physically bigger than a man on foot. ~John Steinbeck

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A woman needs two animals - the horse of her dreams and a jackass to pay for it. ~Author Unknown

After the horse dance was over, it seemed that I was above the ground and did not touch it when I walked. ~Black Elk

Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse. ~Arthur Baer

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

And Allah took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath over it, and created the horse.... Thou shall fly without wings, and conquer without any sword. Oh, horse. ~Bedouin Legend

And then I bought my own horse, which I had until it died. ~Eric Roberts

Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion. ~Thomas Mann

As a good horse is not very apt to jump over a bank, if left to guide himself, I let mine pick his own way. ~Buffalo Bill

As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses. ~Karen Hughes

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse. ~Arthur Wellesley

Horse Quotes and Quotations

Black beauty - he's a dark horse. ~Tim Vine

Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as the literary version of box office poison. ~Laura Hillenbrand

But I never worked with a northern horse before. They are very different from western horses. ~Julie Benz

But there is nothing to be done till a horse's head is settled. ~William Cavendish

But we ought to consider the natural form and shape of a horse, that we may work him according to nature. ~William Cavendish

Crazy Horse saw history as integrated in the present, incorporated into daily life. ~Stephen Ambrose

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

During the rehearsal process I got thrown off the horse. ~Julie Benz

Even an E-type Jaguar looks merely flash beside a really smart pony and trap. ~Marion C. Garretty

Feeling down? Saddle up. ~Author Unknown

Horse Quotes and Quotations

Gipsy gold does not chink and glitter. It gleams in the sun and neighs in the dark. ~Attributed to the Claddaugh Gypsies of Galway

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

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions. ~Stephen Leacock

He flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions. ~Stephen Leacock

Heaven is high and earth wide. If you ride three feet higher above the ground than other men, you will know what that means. ~Rudolf C. Binding

Horse racing is animated roulette. ~Roger Kahn

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

Horse sense, n.: Stable thinking. ~Author Unknown

Horses - if God made anything more beautiful, he kept it for himself. ~Author Unknown

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

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Horses are uncomfortable in the middle and dangerous at both ends. ~Attributed to both Christopher Stone and Ian Fleming

Horses lend us the wings we lack. ~Author Unknown

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

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

I eat like a horse! ~Elle Macpherson

I ended the war a horse ahead. ~Nathan Bedford Forrest

I figured somebody wrote a story who had a typewriter and I thought that movies were made by the cowboys and that they just said, 'Okay, you fall off the horse this time.' ~John Sayles

I go about looking at horses and cattle. They eat grass, make love, work when they have to, bear their young. I am sick with envy of them. ~Sherwood Anderson

I had the best buffalo horse that ever made a track. ~Buffalo Bill

I like to visit my horse, have a walk with my dog. ~Cornelia Funke

Horse Quotes and Quotations

I prefer a bike to a horse. The brakes are more easily checked. ~Lambert Jeffries

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse. ~King Charles V

I was like a race horse, just trying to get into the world. ~Joely Fisher

I wouldn't mind starting to ride some more if I had a really good horse to just work a little bit with every day. ~Robert Duvall

I'd sit on a horse and forget I was even sick. ~Ann Romney

If the world was truly a rational place, men would ride sidesaddle. ~Rita Mae Brown

If you want a stable friendship, get a horse. ~Author Unknown

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

If you're lucky enough to draw a good horse, you still have to ride him, then the next ones. ~Chris LeDoux

In our sport you're very lucky to find a horse of a lifetime and I found mine relatively early. He's done everything for me and I owe him the world. ~Zara Phillips

Horse Quotes and Quotations

In riding a horse we borrow freedom. ~Helen Thomson

Industry is a better horse to ride than genius. ~Walter Lippmann

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

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required. ~Stephen Leacock

It was never physically dangerous except when I nearly fell off a horse, but it was physically arduous - especially when you were working late at night. ~Derek Jacobi

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

It's always been and always will be the same in the world: The horse does the work and the coachman is tipped. ~Author Unknown

I've done work for hire. I've worked for DC and Dark Horse. ~Rob Walton

I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren't you? ~Jeremy Paxman

Horse Quotes and Quotations

Motherhood is the strangest thing, it can be like being one's own Trojan horse. ~Rebecca West

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

O! for a horse with wings! ~William Shakespeare, Cymbeline

One reason why birds and horses are happy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses. ~Dale Carnegie

People have always cared me a bit, you see - they're so complicated. I suppose that's why I prefer horses. ~From the movie Separate Tables, 1958

People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are. ~Marya Mannes

Please get on an airplane or a horse, because it's pretty spectacular. ~Kelly Ripa

Religion needs a baptism of horse sense. ~Billy Sunday

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

She lifted the drooping muzzle with both hands... It was a special embrace saved for special occasions. ~Jean M. Auel

Horse Quotes and Quotations

Spending that many hours in the saddle gave a man plenty of time to think. That's why so many cowboys fancied themselves Philosophers. ~Charles M. Russell

That and the fact that I knew that nobody was going to publish my work at Dark Horse or DC or anywhere. ~Rob Walton

That was the first time I saw a horse start from a kneeling position! ~Henny Youngman

The ass will carry his load, but not a double load; ride not a free horse to death. ~Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote

The daughter who won't lift a finger in the house is the same child who cycles madly off in the pouring rain to spend all morning mucking out a stable. ~Samantha Armstrong

The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's language. ~Max Frisch

The director took my face in his hands and asked me to show him my teeth, as with a horse. This happened on a Wednesday, and by the following Monday I was shooting. ~Victoria Abril

The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire. ~Sharon Ralls Lemon

The first video I ever watched was on a Beta system because everyone thought Beta was the way but then it ended up being video so we backed the wrong horse. ~Joel Edgerton

Horse Quotes and Quotations

The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man. ~Stendhal

The horse is God's gift to mankind. ~Arabian Proverb

The horse through all its trials has preserved the sweetness of paradise in its blood. ~Johannes Jensen

The horse's neck is between the two reins of the bridle, which both meet in the rider's hand. ~William Cavendish

The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse. ~Jackie Kennedy

The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally. ~Nat King Cole

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business. ~John Steinbeck

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

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

The word Chivalry is derived from the French cheval, a horse. ~Thomas Bulfinch

Horse Quotes and Quotations

There is just as much horse sense as ever, but the horses have most of it. ~Author Unknown

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

They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning. ~Billie Holiday

To me, horses and freedom are synonymous. ~Veryl Goodnight

To ride a horse is to ride the sky. ~Author Unknown

Vampires are sexy to a woman perhaps because the fantasy is similar to that of the man on the white horse sweeping her off to paradise. ~Frank Langella

We know that appropriators will fight these cutbacks. But by eliminating earmarks, we can stop the horse trading that grows agency budgets. ~Eric Cantor

We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse. ~Dean Inge

Well, honey, I had the million dollar houses, I had the car, I had the horse, I had the barn; I had everything. Was I set free? I didn't even know what that meant. ~Taylor Dayne

We've got horse property and there's other stuff to do. Like, four wheel driving, we barbeque, drink beers, sit around and play guitars and have a merry 'ol time. ~Lita Ford

Horse Quotes and Quotations

When a man's mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire. ~John Webster

When I saw the movie, I said, I wish I had heard the music. I would have ridden the horse differently. ~Eli Wallach

When my horse is running good, I don't stop to give him sugar. ~Douglas Horton

When you're young and you fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age, you splatter. ~Roy Rogers

Whenever I was upset by something in the papers, Jack always told me to be more tolerant, like a horse flicking away flies in the summer. ~Jackie Kennedy

Horse Quotes and Quotations

With Crazy Horse, it's all one big, growing, smoldering sound, and I'm part of it. It's like gliding, or some sort of natural surfing. ~Neil Young

Without knowing this, no man can dress a horse perfectly. ~William Cavendish

Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week. ~Bette Midler

Yes, I think that when the Bible refers to a horse or a horseman, that's exactly what it means. ~Tim LaHaye

Horse Quotes and Quotations

Yes, I've just bought a new horse, named Jedi. ~Bruce Boxleitner

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

You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people. ~Will Rogers

You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him to a heavy load. ~Paul Bryant

Horse Quotes and Quotations

You'll probably get three horses and you have to draw a good buckin' horse. That's mighty tough. ~Chris LeDoux

You're better off betting on a horse than betting on a man. A horse may not be able to hold you tight, but he doesn't wanna wander from the stable at night. ~Betty Grable





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