#hors

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. ↗

— Clive Owen

#call #could #day #deal #had

I think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar. ↗

— Clive Owen

#bets #horses #i #i think #liar

The difference with football is you're out on the pitch, you feel as though you can do something about it, or score a goal. But when that horse goes down to post as an owner you have no involvement whatsoever. It's a lonely old place in the stand. It's just down to man and beast. ↗

— Michael J. Owen

#beast #difference #down #feel #football

Madonna remains the most visible performer on the planet, as well as one of the wealthiest, but would anyone seriously say that artistic self-development is her primary motivating principle? She is too busy with Kabbalah, fashion merchandising, adoption melodramas, the gym, and ill-starred horseback riding to study art. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#anyone #art #artistic #busy #fashion

We were in all four men with eight animals; for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an additional mule was driven along with us as a reserve in case of accident. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#additional #along #besides #case #driven

I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren't you? ↗

— Jeremy Paxman

#face #horse #i #just #life

Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond. ↗

— Thomas Love Peacock

#always #celibacy #horse #lake #marriage

I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse. ↗

— S. J. Perelman

#horse #i #you

It's thrilling. There's birth and death and frustration and victory in raising horses. It's like a little microcosm of life is built into the short lives of these creatures. ↗

— John Phillips

#built #creatures #death #frustration #horses

You cannot make horses 'safe.' ↗

— Zara Phillips

#horses #make #safe #you