Horse quotes that I've collected ...


"It doesn't matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you don't do it in the street and frighten the horses."
~Mrs. Patrick Campbell

"There is something about the sight of a fallen horse that strikes one's heart in such a way, even for those who are not particularly a horse lover...the significance of something so sacred, powerful, beautiful, intoxicating as the horse...
when a fallen horse is seen overcome by life's obstacles, fallen tears and a jolt to the heart and soul can never be prevented..."
~Stephanie M Thorn

"We tolerate shapes in human beings that would horrify us if we saw them in a horse."
~W.R. Inge

"If you ever hear a horse laugh, you'll laugh with amazement."
~Anonymous

"We kept him until he died ... and sat with him during the long last minutes when a horse comes closest to seeming human."
~C.J.J. Mullen

"Grooming: Fine art of removing dirt from your horse's body and applying it to your own."
~Anonymous

"Take most people, they're crazy about cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse.
A horse is at least human, for godsake.
~JD Salinger, Catcher in the Rye

"A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse."
~Will James

"A lovely horse is always an experience ... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words."
~Beryl Markham

"No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle."
~Winston Churchill

"The Horse.
Here is nobility without conceit,
friendship without envy,
beauty without vanity.
A willing servant,
yet no slave."
~Ronald Duncan

"To me, horses and freedom are synonymous."
~Veryl Goodnight

"The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire."
~Sharon Ralls Lemon

"A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves--strong, powerful, beautiful--
and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence."
~Pam Brown

"A horse is a thing of such beauty ... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor."
~Xenophon





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6/1/03