You took care of your horse, and your horse took care of you.
Hell, if I didn’t drink drink or smoke, I’d win twenty games every year. It’s easy when you don’t drink or smoke or horse around.
I can get mad and snap at people. If a horse loses, I’m moody.
I’ve often said there’s nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.
Riding a horse and using a phone camera is tricky but if you don’t take pictures or record the moment, you lose it. You want to have a record of it.
Sometimes I would have to get up before school, saddle my horse and go get cows in that had gotten out.
Our logo for Lanvin is a mother and a daughter. I’ve always said, ‘It’s not a lion, and it’s not a horse. It’s a mother and a daughter.’ I find the logo very emotional.
The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
I learned how to horseback ride in English style, which is very hard, by the way. I had no idea how challenging it was. I’ve always ridden horses, but Western is like riding a horse in a rocking chair, as opposed to English, where you have to balance and hold on with your legs.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
I’ve been reading about Crazy Horse and Custer for a long, long time, and I thought that if I was going to write a story that took place in the Black Hills, I should find a way to include this history in it.
You need to dismount when your horse is dead. What was relevant 20 years ago is no longer relevant today. Therefore, you need to reinvent yourself.
If you’re going to wear a cowboy hat, you’re going to have to go all the way. You should have livestock around you, settle all of your disputes with a pistol, and ride a horse absolutely everywhere.
I love polished pop music, but stuff like Neil Young’s Crazy Horse vibe or Waylon Jennings, that stuff is raw and real.
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.
When I wonder what the future of books will be, I often think about horses. Before automobiles existed, everyone had a horse. Then cars became available, and their convenience, compared to horses, was undeniable.
I had to ride a horse once. In ‘King Arthur.’ I said I could ride, but I had to call for lessons on the day the deal was signed. I started out on this little chunky thing and slowly moved up. It was months of work.
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.
Angelina wanted to make sure that any fighting in the movie would be comparable to any male actor. Everything from stick fighting to horse riding was real to her.
I’ve always had that attitude about my career: it’s something that I do, but it’s not my whole life. I have a real life, a personal life: I’ve got a lot of chickens, I’ve got a horse, I’ve got a kitty-cat, I’ve got a lot of goats, I’ve got animals all over the place.
All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.
When we started Appaloosa, we were going to name it Pegasus because everyone was using Greek names. We filed the name. We paid $300, and they said you cannot use it because it is taken. Pegasus Funds. Then we said Pegasus is kind of a horse. We did not want to be the Unicorn Fund. So we pulled out a horse book.
I’d like to do something involving jazz. But books are how I earn my living, and I’d like to stay with the horse I rode in on.
The only thing my famous last name got me was a foothold in the industry. That was the easy part. The biggest problem is survival. As Fazil’s son, I am expected to know everything – acting, dancing, horse riding… I am not trained in all these, and I don’t think I ever will be.
In Baltimore, I was walking with a friend who was playing at a pub he kept referring to as the Horse. But when I saw the sign ‘The Horse You Came In On’ – I thought, ‘My God.’ I had no intention of ever setting a Jury novel in the U.S., but when I saw that, I thought, ‘That’s it.’ The names are very important.
Rules are simply obstacles to be jumped, like in a horse race: higher and higher every time.
When you get on a good horse, you just know. They are powerful, they stop quickly, they can turn in both directions, and they are fast.
It always amazes me when people go rent horses and ride them. You mean you want me to pay you to ride a horse?
I was in Las Vegas when the Nogueira brothers first touched down in America. There was a bus – this is a true story. There was a bus that pulled up to a red light, and Little Nog tried to feed it a carrot while Big Nog was petting it. He thought it was a horse. This really happened.
To get a horse to hit a mark without a rider, to get it to stand up, to get it to rear, to get it to pick up a bucket and bring it over is amazing. It’s hard work and very rewarding but can be dangerous.
The laws recognize no obligation on the part of the slave to labor for or serve his master. If he refuse to labor, the law will not interfere to compel him. The master must do his own flogging, as in the case of an ox or a horse.
Every actor strives to be in the moment, and when you’re on a horse, you constantly have to communicate with it and assert your authority.
The last time I did a movie that needed a horse, I said: ‘If it moves, I’m out of here.’ The worst thing is, they know when you’re afraid and act up accordingly. I’ve had them run off on me. Horses I do not like.
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.
I was like a race horse, just trying to get into the world.
You have to bear in mind that Mr. Autry’s favorite horse was named Champion. He ain’t ever had one called Runner Up.
I’d like to play a horse, many people think I already have. Either end of the horse would be fine.
You can’t really plan for how that training session or competition is going to go. You have to see what your horse is giving you to work with, and then you tailor all your training around that.
Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest.
I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to study Greek and learn to manage a horse.
I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.
The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
I think some horses are meant to do… eventing or dressage. We have Western horses who canter around. I think it takes, especially at the level I’m at now, it takes a horse that wants to do it.
I would never look a gift horse in the mouth. I’ve had some lovely homemade earrings and, recently, a wall hanging made in the style of Georges Seurat.
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.
I’ve often said there’s nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.
Just because it’s got a gun doesn’t make it a crime novel, and just because there’s a horse doesn’t make it a western.
I frequently dream of being on these horses’ backs and running across a field. And the horse and I are one.
You try to do the best with what you’ve got and ignore everything else. That’s why horses get blinders in horse racing: You look at the horse next to you, and you lose a step.
I loved riding bikes and horses. I was eight when I started having lessons, and when my father bought me my own horse I couldn’t wait to go off on my own.
No one would bring their horse into a studio, because they don’t want to bring their prized animals into an environment where they wouldn’t be comfortable or where they might panic and hurt themselves.
I didn’t want to just be remembered for ‘War Horse.’
I’ve done work for hire. I’ve worked for DC and Dark Horse.
Unsoundness in a slave, as well as in a horse, detracts materially from his value. If no warranty is given, a close examination is a matter of particular importance to the Negro jockey.
And then I bought my own horse, which I had until it died.
Things come and go – there’s win, losses, and injuries, but you get back on the horse – but I appreciate what I’ve done more.
I still gamble, but it’s all legal. I own horses, and I go to watch my horse. I don’t go daily.
I’ve won the Derby with the best horse and I’ve lost the Derby with the best horse.
For ‘Manikarnika’, I’ve learnt horse riding and sword fighting, so I have gone out of my comfort zone.
My dream was to ride a horse from Mongolia to Hungary, 10,000 km across the great Eurasian Steppe, and in doing so, come to understand the nomadic cultures that have presided there for thousands of years.
I miss my horse. He’s in Los Angeles.
I used to work in a warehouse in Woodville North and we always used to take bets like most places do on Cup day… and I was lucky three years in a row. I always picked the right horse.
