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- 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 May 30, 2021
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
I loved horses and horse books as a child.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always fancied being a bit of warrior, on a horse swinging a sword around, sorting out the men... Oh yes, that sounds lovely.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
The difference between an author and a horse is that the horse doesn't understand the horse dealer's language.
- Direct Contact
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- Nov 07, 2020
Laughter is a Trojan horse to enter into direct contact with the unconscious, strike the imagination, and trigger visceral reactions.
- Battle
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order.
- Decaying
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a whistle-stop tour of Havana in a horse and carriage and couldn't stop taking photographs of the decaying yet enchanting buildings and people.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a man works like a horse for his money, there are a lot of girls anxious to take him down the bridal path.
- Perfect
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- Nov 07, 2020
One time, I was given an essay topic: to describe a perfect horse, whom the mere sight of the rider's whip would make obedient. I depicted this perfect horse throwing his rider at the sight of the whip.
- Remembered
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't want to just be remembered for 'War Horse.'
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season without thinking of the grapes it has borne.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
No, I'm not a horse better. Every once in a while somebody will give me a sure thing and of course it's not.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Touring is really about being on edge the whole time - you're like a racing horse: you've just got to be on. You've got to pull it together.
- Clothes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew who Jackie Kennedy was in terms of being the wife of JFK and being a clothes horse, and I knew that she later married Onassis, but I had a very, very vague idea of who he was.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always thought I was going to be a professional horse rider because I rode horses competitively from zero to 17 years old.
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.