Horse Quotes - Page 17

• What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses?

  John Ruskin

  Book, Thinking, Political

  John Ruskin (2001). “Sesame and Lilies”, p.43, Electric Book Company

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• New rule: every fantasy author who doesn't treat horses like tireless hairy motorcycles automatically gets a Hugo.

  Jim C. Hines

  Motorcycle, Fantasy, Treats

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• I didn't grow up around wild horses, no. But I've appreciated their beauty and their power ever since I can remember.

  Ricky Schroder

  Growing Up, Remember, Appreciated

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• I always had a separate life than just my work. I built my own family. I have my own hobbies and interests. I have a ranch with livestock and horses. I didn't always get my self-esteem and identity from acting. I never worked unless I wanted to. I never did anything just to do it, just for the paycheck. I always did things that I liked.

  Ricky Schroder

  Self Esteem, Acting, Identity

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• Do you really want to know why you lost?” I asked. “Do you really have an answer?” he countered. “You need to get off your horse and run with your men. You don’t have the stamina for a long fight. And find a lighter sword.” “But it was my uncle’s.” “You’re not your uncle.” “But I’m the King, and this is the King’s sword,” Cahil said. His brows creased together. He seemed confused. “So wear it to your coronation,” I said. “If you use it in battle, you’ll be wearing it to your funeral,” I said.

  Maria V. Snyder

  Running, Uncles, Kings

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• What's that old cowboy saying? Never was a horse that couldn't be rode, never was a man who couldn't be throwed.

  John Dunning

  Cowboy, Men, Saying Never

  John Dunning (2006). “The Bookwoman's Last Fling: A Cliff Janeway Novel”, p.487, Simon and Schuster

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• That's the thing about the internet. It's really good at giving you pointless facts like how many horses a star owns, but not important things like how to invade his trailer.

  Janette Rallison

  Stars, Giving, Important

  Janette Rallison (2009). “Just One Wish”, p.49, Penguin

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• I'm about to commence four years of obeying the cause of a bruiser on a horse. I refuse to put down what might be the last book I see for months.

  Tamora Pierce

  Book, Years, Four

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• When you get tired of worrying and mourning your horse and trying not to be afraid, tell me and I'll do it for you a while so you can shut your eyes and sleep peaceful.

  Shannon Hale

  Tired, Sleep, Eye

  Shannon Hale (2009). “The Goose Girl”, p.198, A&C Black

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• I think if you don't really like a girl, you shouldn't horse around with her at all, and if you do like her, then you're supposed to like her face, and if you like her face, you ought to be careful about doing crumby stuff to it, like squirting water all over it. It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes.

  J. D. Salinger

  Girl, Fun, Thinking

  "The Catcher in the Rye". Book by J. D. Salinger, 1951.

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• I don't like anybody or anything," said Lucinda. Yes, you do;--you like horses to ride, and dresses to wear.

  Anthony Trollope

  Dresses, Said

  Anthony Trollope (2016). “Anthony Trollope: The Chronicles of Barsetshire & The Palliser Novels (Unabridged): The Warden + The Barchester Towers + Doctor Thorne + Framley Parsonage + The Small House at Allington + The Last Chronicle of Barset + Can You Forgive Her? + The Prime Minister + Eustace Diamonds...”, p.4066, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

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• A Centaur has a man-stomach and a horse-stomach. And of course both want breakfast. So first of all he has porridge and pavenders and kidneys and bacon and omlette and cold ham and toast and marmalade and coffee and beer. And after that he tends to the horse part of himself by grazing for an hour or so and finishing up with a hot mash, some oats, and a bag of sugar. That's why it's such a serious thing to ask a Centaur to stay for the weeekend. A very serious thing indeed.

  C. S. Lewis

  Coffee, Beer, Men

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• Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life.

  Jostein Gaarder

  Trying, Athens, Gadflies

  Jostein Gaarder (2010). “Sophie's World”, p.64, Hachette UK

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• I would rediscover the secret of great communications and great combustions. I would say storm. I would say river. I would say tornado. I would say leaf. I would say tree. I would be drenched by all rains, moistened by all dews. I would roll like frenetic blood on the slow current of the eye of words turned into mad horses into fresh children into clots into curfew into vestiges of temples into precious stones remote enough to discourage miners. Whoever would not understand me would not understand any better the roaring of a tiger.

  Aime Cesaire

  Children, Rain, Communication

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• When money's tight and is hard to get And your horse has also ran, When all you have is a heap of debt A PINT OF PLAIN IS YOUR ONLY MAN.

  Flann O'Brien

  Drinking, Men, Debt

  Flann O'Brien (2011). “The Various Lives of Keats and Chapman”, p.118, Souvenir Press

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• So what about me? Would I always have to find a high horse? The moral relish, the rising above, the being in the right, which can make me flaunt my losses.

  Alice Munro

  Loss, Rising, Moral

  Alice Munro (2013). “The Love Of A Good Woman”, Random House

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• it doesn't matter if Prince Charles falls off his horse or that the hummingbird is so seldom seen or that we are too senseless to go insane. coffee. give us more of that NOTHING coffee.

  Charles Bukowski

  Fall, Coffee, Giving

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• Dear God. Not only am I unemployed and homeless, but I also have a pregnant woman, bereaved dog, elephant, and eleven horses to take care of.

  Sara Gruen

  Dog, Elephants, Care

  Sara Gruen (2016). “The Sara Gruen Collection: Water for Elephants - At the Water's Edge - Ape House”, p.296, Hachette UK

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• Guilt is a tireless horse. Grief ages into sorrow, and sorrow is an enduring rider.

  Dean Koontz

  Grief, Sorrow, Guilt

  Dean Koontz (2007). “The Darkest Evening of the Year: A Novel”, p.37, Bantam

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• This one isn’t just any old horse. There’s a nobility in his eye, a regal serenity about him. Does he not personify all that men try to be and never can be? I tell you, my friend, there’s divinity in a horse, and specially in a horse like this. God got it right the day he created them. And to find a horse like this in the middle of this filthy abomination of a war, is for me like finding a butterfly on a dung heap. We don’t belong in the same universe as a creature like this.

  Michael Morpurgo

  War, Butterfly, Eye

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• 2 p.m. beer nothing matters but flopping on a mattress with cheap dreams and a beer as the leaves die and the horses die and the landladies stare in the halls; brisk the music of pulled shades, a last man's cave in an eternity of swarm and explosion; nothing but the dripping sink, the empty bottle, euphoria, youth fenced in, stabbed and shaven, taught words propped up to die.

  Charles Bukowski

  Dream, Beer, Men

  Charles Bukowski (2009). “Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame”, p.26, Harper Collins

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• The horse respects and obeys man because its large eyes magnify everything, so man appears much larger than the horse itself.

  Stanislaw Lem

  Eye, Men

  Stanislaw Lem (1996). “Highcastle: A Remembrance”, Mariner Books

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• He stole horses' you'll say to yourself, 'and he didn't care for women; and but for my pride I'd have been with him now.

  Daphne du Maurier

  Pride, Care, Has Beens

  Daphne Du Maurier (2012). “Daphne du Maurier Omnibus 3: Jamaica Inn; The Flight of the Falcon; The King's General; The Glass Blowers; The Breaking Point & Other Stories; Mary Anne”, p.224, Hachette UK

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• WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE: RAPUNZEL For horse thieving, kidnapping, jail breaking, and using her hair in a manner other than nature intended! REWARD

  Shannon Hale

  Hair, Jail, Alive

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• And that's how we ended up discovering the evil horses that threatened all of humanity.

  Katherine Applegate

  Evil, Humanity, Discovering

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