- Nov 07, 2020
Horse Quotes
Most Famous Horse Quotes of All Time!
Horses become a metaphor for going with life's flow in this collection, with one line urging riders to move in the direction the horse already wants to go. Others speak fondly of missing a horse left behind. Explore more Like quotes on animals and metaphor.
- Last Updated on Aug 03, 2026
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got into circuses and put on circuses in the backyard. My dad had horses and he'd bring them and we'd do horse tricks. I was 6 or 7 years old putting on circuses for the family or whoever in the backyard.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have got a scheme to make a thing in the form of a horse with a steam engine in the inside so contrived as to move an immense pair of wings, fixed on the outside of the horse, in such a manner as to carry it up into the air while a person sits on its back.
- Nov 07, 2020
The first two days that I rode a horse, I had someone controlling it with a rope around its neck.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was living in the projects, I had a mop stick for my horse. I wanted to be Gene Autry or Roy Rogers, so I would ride my mop through the projects.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there's a cat, I obliterate it by putting polka dot stickers on it. I obliterate a horse by putting polka dot stickers on it. And I obliterated myself by putting the same polka dot stickers on myself.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
A Persian army being then subject to great inconveniences, for their horses are tied and generally shackled to prevent them from running away, and if an alarm happens, a Persian has the housing to fix, his horse to bridle, and his corslet to put on before he can mount.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.
- Dead
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd call him a sadistic, hippophilic necrophile, but that would be beating a dead horse.
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
In Montana, when we did 'Return to Lonesome Dove', we rode on the side of a hill at night in the dark; I was afraid my horse would step on one of the actors playing dead. The director said to leave it to the stunt doubles since they got paid for that.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
After I broke my leg I had to go back and do one of the remakes of 'The Magnificent Seven' and ended up on a horse that pitched me off and broke my leg again... I rode horses pretty well. I just didn't like doing it.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
But we ought to consider the natural form and shape of a horse, that we may work him according to nature.
One quote describes a once-in-a-lifetime horse that carries a rider through an entire career, while another compares industry favorably to genius as a path to success. See Great and Good quotes too.