Quotes of: Dead-horse Keyword

Those who get in the way of love's path will be kicked by horses. ~Kyoya

Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 17

In my opinion, too much attention to weather makes for instability of character.

The Little White Horse

On the other hand it was bad manners to look a gift horse in the mouth. Even if you're getting it from an overweight cracker in a fringe shirt.

Magic Bites

Um...is that thing ?" Frank said. The horse whinnied angrily. "I don't think so," Percy guessed. "He just said,

The Son of Neptune

Be like a sparrow aspiring to be an ostrich, and I’ll be like a cowboy with no horse looking for a speedy land runner to ride.

This Book Has No Title

Truly a good horse, good ground to gallop on, and sunshine, make up the sum of enjoyable travelling.

Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

Yes, I am of old family, and not illiterate. I am a fossil."   "A which?"   "Fossil. The first horses were fossils. They date back two million years.

Unknown

A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.

The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great

The toughest part about riding a horse is overcoming the urge to eat it.

The Zombie Sheriff Takes Tucson: A Love Story

One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Robert Collier

Sometimes you don't prepare much. I mean, when I did 'Lonesome Dove' way back I rode horses day and night for like three or four months, and that got me ready for that.

Robert Duvall

He flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.

Stephen Leacock

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.

Solomon Northup

For eight or 10 years, I got wrapped up in chasing records. Everything was a number. Didn't matter what I won, it was a number. Every horse I rode was a number.

Tony McCoy

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.

Tony McCoy

Horses change lives. They give out young people confidence and self-esteem. They provide peace and tranquility to troubled souls, they give us hope.

Toni Robinson

San Anita is a beautiful track. It's not too far from my house in L.A., and it's a beautiful place to go and watch the horses run.

Kevin Connolly

From the warmth of her fondness for her horse she constructed a fragile and changeable thing that almost resembled courage. She hoped it would be enough.

Kristin Cashore

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.

Lysander Spooner

Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order.

Maurice Denis

Great imaginations are the breeding ground for great accomplishments! Great imaginations are like horses, they need guidance and proper nurturing, only then do they offer the world of adventure they promise.

Marilynn Dawson