I’m a pretty big clothes horse. I shop for clothes constantly. I do so much shopping. I should go to Shoppers Anonymous.
To sit on a ranch horse that’s been broken in, it’s like getting in a Porsche.
Artists forget than the first purpose of a comic character is to convey emotion. Everything else, like realism, or other kinds of virtuosity, is an optional extra. If you sacrifice expression for the sake of other concerns, you’re putting the cart before the horse.
The corncob was the central object of my life. My father was a horse handler, first trotting and pacing horses, then coach horses, then work horses, finally saddle horses. I grew up around, on, and under horses, fed them, shoveled their manure, emptied the mangers of corncobs.
I’m kind of a horse whisperer; I don’t know what it is. I’m not great on a horse. I’m getting better, but I’m not brilliant. So yeah, I’ve spent a lot of time with horses. They’re great creatures; I love them. I do love riding them when I get the chance to.
I’ve tried to shut myself off as much as possible from the hype of ‘War Horse,’ and just thought, ‘OK, I’m going to focus on the character and focus on the story and focus on what I have to do.’
I produced and starred in ‘Wake the Riderless Horse,’ a short film that my buddy wrote and directed.
It is important for us to understand where we came from and how we got here because it would be very foolish of us to get off that horse we rode in on.
My father is a huge horse racing fan, so I was introduced to the sport long before ‘Seabiscuit.’ But the role made me an even bigger fan. Horse racing is one of my favorite sports.
Success is like a wild horse. If you do not know how to handle it, it will throw you off and look for another rider who can handle it well.
I never got hurt when I was in Morocco doing all the horse riding and my own stunts. But on the last day on the last shot I slid off my horse and landed on my bottom. I did not get hurt but it was very embarrassing.
A camel is a horse designed by committee.
I grew up in Appalachia, and I’ve seen people milk cows and slaughter pigs and plow with a big-footed horse. It’s not like I was a city child.
When I am not shooting, all my waking hours are dedicated to horse riding and gymming.
Now that I’ve moved to Mumbai, I should perhaps get a horse. It’ll be a nice escape from my everyday life.
I cannot harness a horse. I am afraid of a cow.
For too long, I equated leadership with a position. I thought leaders were presidents or politicians or celebrities or four-star generals with a horse and sword.
I want to be the horse in the rotation that everybody can really rely on and is going to get that consistent starter.
When my horse is running good, I don’t stop to give him sugar.
Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.
I’ve been riding since I was seven. If I were a horse, I would want an Hermes halter.
But we ought to consider the natural form and shape of a horse, that we may work him according to nature.
I have never before, in my long and eclectic career, been gifted with such an abundance of natural beauty as I experienced filming ‘War Horse’ on Dartmoor.
Being on the ground in Mongolia and traveling with the horse culture and sleeping in yurts, I was able to pick up a lot of detail. But I brought in advisors to work with our horse master to make sure the fighting strategies both on the Chinese and Mongolian sides were very accurate.
Apparently, I have such a serious race face, even when I’m doing a bit of work, at first everybody wasn’t sure if I was enjoying it or not. But it’s absolutely exhilarating. It feels like you’re one with your horse and you’re flying.
‘Winner’ is a commercial family entertainer with a strong emotional core. Teju couldn’t hold back his tears after watching the movie. The horse race portions were mostly shot in Turkey.
I have to think that I think it’s always been a horse race between this administration’s temporary political acumen and their completely, utterly, totally bankrupt policies. And they’re coming home to roost. It was always a question of time. These guys aren’t conservative. These guys are radicals.
I eat apples whole, seeds and all… yes, like a horse.
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.
It’s right to flog a dead horse sometimes, when the previous flogging has not annihilated it.
There aren’t a lot of guys like me left. But I’m a war horse. I’ve been through it all. And you know something about war horses? Through the sleet, through the snow, they just keep going.
I have walked into several pubs, and guys in there have said to me, ‘My God, you are the girl off the dancing horse.’ They have got no idea about dressage, and they said, ‘I can’t work out whether you make the horse do that or the horse does it itself – we just couldn’t tell – but it brought tears to our eyes.’
The food in central Asia is not so great: it tends to be horse.
I love kissing. I love kissing my husband, I love kissing my kids, I love kissing my horse. I dont like kissing dogs – I see what they sniff.
You know, actors lie all the time. ‘Can I ride on the horse? Are you kidding? Of course! I was born on a horse!’… It’s the same with motorcycles.
It always hurts a bit to pick the ‘wrong one’ in a race as big as the Champion Hurdle, and then, to make matters worse, you go and get beat by the horse you rejected.
This is not about you or me; it’s about a horse making history. It’s sacred. Most people don’t remember the trainer or jockey or owner of Secretariat or Affirmed. I have to look most of them up. This is about the horse.
Most races are claiming races. For the lower-caliber horses, it’s a way the track has of forcing people to run their horses at approximately the price at which they would not mind having the horse bought.
I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in its flank was wonderful.
Custer had dead heroes. Crazy Horse had only live ones.
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.
My hobbies away from horse racing would be reading and painting; I love art.
You can’t get angry with a horse. They will get angry and frisky with you.
Take my horse to the old town road and ride till I can’t no more’ basically means just running away, and everything is just gone. The horse is metaphorical for not having anything or just the little things that you do have, and it’s with you.
Dione Lucas has been obscured by larger-than-life personalities like Julia Child, but she had it going on. She is like the horse that came in second place, whose name we can’t remember. It takes more than just one horse to make a race.
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.
Those who have come into Formula One without experiencing cars devoid of electronic aids will find it tough. To control 800 horse power relying just on arm muscles and foot sensitivity can turn out to be a dangerous exercise.
I call horses ‘divine mirrors’ – they reflect back the emotions you put in. If you put in love and respect and kindness and curiosity, the horse will return that.
In polo, you jump on a horse and you play. To play tennis, you have to train every day. It’s your legs that do all the work. In polo, it’s the horses’ legs.
I grew up in a neighborhood that was surrounded by farms. There was a horse farm behind me and dairy farms on either side.
What I don’t understand is these people who go on the street wearing riding clothes, and they have never been on a horse. They ought to have their heads examined, really. It’s a joke. But, let’s face it, we live in a fantasy world.
When a man’s mind rides faster than his horse can gallop they quickly both tire.
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.
Wayne Lukas was the bar. Wayne impacted Quarter Horse racing and thoroughbred racing like no other.
I don’t know where horse riding could have taken me, and it’s something I can always go back to when I’ve retired from football, but the crossroads came in my life when Chelsea wanted to sign me and make me a professional footballer in 2013 when I was 20.
You don’t have to be Einstein to see that horse racing is dangerous. Those two ambulances driving behind you aren’t there for the scenery. I will never get over the fatalities of colleagues. It is the saddest and toughest part of this sport.
My parents met at Fort Riley, Kan., during World War II. My father was an Army civilian; he had been trampled by a horse in his youth and couldn’t enlist. My mother was studying to be a nurse and, when war broke out, joined the Women’s Army Corps without even telling her parents.
There are two types of warriors: the one that rides through on his horse and tries to slay everyone, and the sniper. I try to be more like the sniper. Bang. Bang. Bang. Break them down, shot by shot.
