I don't walk around with a cowboy hat. I did get a tattoo that says 'cowboy' that's a bit of an over-compensation, probably. — Ronnie Dunn
Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist's couch. — John Wayne
The chief contribution made by white men of the Americas to the folk songs of the world ——- the cowboy songs of Texas and the West ——- are rhythmed to the walk, the trot, and the gallop of horses. — J. Frank Dobie
No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course. — Paul Weller
I'm from Texas, and I would love to do an old-fashioned gun-slinging Western. — Jensen Ackles
Men who didn’t know how to get on and off a horse would not be much use around a cow outfit. — Larry Mcmurtry
You can do anything that you wanna do, but uh-uh, don't step on my cowboy boots. — Hank Williams, Jr.
A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops. — Johnny Bench
Where I live in Oklahoma, it's all ranchers. My friends are all cowboys and pretty rough guys. If I had a hot tub back there, I may as well have Richard Simmons come over and live with me. — Blake Shelton
Life's a rodeo and all you have to do is stay in the saddle. — George Jung
Sit tall in the saddle and hold your head up high. Keep your eyes fixed where the trail
meets the sky, and live like you ain't afraid to die. Don't be scared...just enjoy the ride. — Chris LeDoux
When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I always wondered who got his horse. — George Carlin
Short Cowboy Quotes
Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are. — Unknown Author
No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle. — Winston Churchill
For the drover's life has pleasures that the townsfolk never know. — Banjo Paterson
Conflict follows wrongdoing as surely as flies follow the herd. — Doc Holliday
You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy. — Lyndon B. Johnson
There was a photo of me with weird sunglasses on and a green sweatshirt, some striped thing, with tights and cowboy boots...I just saw that photo and thought, 'God, I look crazy.' — Mary-Kate Olsen
Kerouac was the cowboy that inspired the whole Beat Generation, and highlighted and put the spotlight on all of these minds that didn't really know what they were doing at the time, but accomplished something much bigger than what they ever foresaw. — Garrett Hedlund
Little Cowboy Quotes
I wore a lot of vintage clothing. I dressed like a reporter, with a little card in my hat. I had these fantasies of who I wanted to be, so I'd dress like an explorer, a cowboy. I dressed up like Elton John a lot too. That was another period. — Illeana Douglas
Did I ever tell you my pet peeve?' No,' I said. People who dress up their pets to look like Little Lord Fauntleroys or cowboys, clowns, ballerinas. As if it's not enough just to be a dog or cat or turtle. — Jerry Spinelli
Well, Tommy Lee Jones is a little bit more intimidating. He's definitely a cowboy. He's from Texas. — Christina Milian
You'd look out and there'd be little babies watching the show, and boys and girls. They loved the cowboys, and they loved Annie. There were young people seeing the show for the first time. I stayed for two years because I enjoyed it so much. — Bernadette Peters
The last three movies I've done, I played a cowboy, then I played a soldier, and now I play Han Solo. So the little kid in me is having a real joyride. — Alden Ehrenreich
I'm just trying to unite the western crowd and the bluegrass crowd a little more. ... I get to do that again on my new album, Tall Grass and Cool Water.... This is the first time I've had every song on an album be a Bluegrass and Cowboy Song at the same time. — Michael Martin Murphey
Every little kid wants to grow up to be a cowboy, and I did. — Lee Iacocca
While, as I recall, conservative little boys practice quick draw with their cap guns while playing cowboys and Indians, apparently liberal little boys practice how fast they can throw up their hands to surrender to the guys in the black hats. — Tony Blankley
Hey. Hands off.” ", "“Please. Please, please, soooo pretty. Lemme just have one little touch.” "“Peabody, isn’t it embarrassing enough you’re wearing pink cowboy boots, again, without standing here drooling on my coat?”", [J.D. Robb, Celebrity In Death] — Nora Roberts
My Cowboy Quotes
You see, in this world, there's two kinds of people, my friend - those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig. — Clint Eastwood
My experience of life is that it is not divided up into genres; it’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky. — Alan Moore
I came in with my idea of what a cowboy would wear, but then I met some real cowboys and they said that I rode the horses well, shoed the horses, but no good cowboy would be wearing a pair of Levi's. I had to get a good old pair of Wranglers. — Steve Kanaly
I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life. — Chris Colfer
I was feeling real good and real manly. Until a real cowboy walked by and told me I had my hat on backwards. So much for my career as a cowboy. — Michael Biehn
Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have messed with? That's me. — Clint Eastwood
I'm scared of snakebites - that's the origin of cowboy boots, protection - but my toes need to breathe. — Gavin McInnes
My dream was to go to Nashville. I had my sights set on my dream. I used to have an '89 Toyota Ford truck. On the front of the truck, I had this license plate with cowboy boots and a guitar that I had airbrushed at Wal-Mart. It said 'Chasin' A Dream.' That was kind of my motto. — Josh Turner
Grandpa Patterson used to say: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction. — Debbie Macomber
Cowboy Hat Quotes
We've got a Muslim for a president who hates cowboys, hates cowgirls, hates fishing, hates farming, loves gays and we hate him! — Hank Williams, Jr.
Justin Salinger showed up one day with a pink cowboy hat on and everyone else got really annoyed because somehow he'd managed to get the pink cowboy hat. — Alex Cox
There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment. — Paul Theroux
I didn't want to play a rancher. I didn't want to have a cowboy hat on; I wanted to get away from that in the things I do. But I read the script and fell in love with it. As hard as I tried to say no, I couldn't. — Tim McGraw
They gave me the chaps and hat and everything. I looked like a real cowboy. I walked around the rodeo and thought, I am a real cowboy and thought everyone thought I was a real cowboy. — Michael Biehn
It doesn't matter the kind of music, it doesn't matter whether it's a cowboy hat or a yarmulke. I don't care if it's outer space or pop, the spirit is the same. — David Lee Roth
I met this cowboy with a brown paper hat, paper waistcoat and paper trousers. He was wanted for rustling. — Chic Murray
You can't fool me, comrade. You want to put on a cowboy hat and keep lawless bank robbers in line.'' "No time. I have enough trouble keeping you in line. — Richelle Mead
I spent two months in Fredericksburg, Texas, when I was 8, while my father shot a movie, and I loved it. I just embraced the whole cowboy culture. I got myself a pair of awesome boots and a cowboy hat. — Alexander Skarsgard
Someone said DX over here? It was this dipshit with the cowboy hat over here. — Randy Orton
Cowboy Boot Quotes
For I conclude that the enemy is not lipstick, but guilt itself; that we deserve lipstick, if we want it, AND free speech; we deserve to be sexual AND serious--or whatever we please; we are entitled to wear cowboy boots to our own revolution. — Naomi Wolf
I'm like 6'2 when I wear heels, so I tend to wear cowboy boots a lot. — Taylor Swift
Cowboy boots with a suit? You're a rough, tough businessman. Chaps with a bow tie? You're in the rough, tough man business. — Dana Gould
I'm 5'11, so when I wear heels, it's definitely a really good view that I have. I'm, like, 6'2 when I wear heels, so I tend to wear cowboy boots a lot. — Taylor Swift
Why is it surprising that scientists might have long hair and wear cowboy boots? In fields like neuroscience, where the events you are recording are so minute, I suspect scientists cultivate a boring, reliable image. A scientist with a reputation for flamboyance might be suspect. — Steven Pinker
I wore hot pants and cowboy boots and I thought, 'What have I gotten myself into?' — Alek Wek
Everybody was wearing rhinestones, all those sparkly clothes, and cowboy boots. I decided to wear a black shirt and pants and see if I could get by with it. I did and I've worn black clothes ever since. — Johnny Cash
I love black leggings with cowboy (I mean cowgirl!) boots, and other-slightly less trendy-things like my boys' Wrangler jeans and my husband's worn deerskin work gloves. I love most things country, because country, to me, is home. — Ree Drummond
My personal style has developed from growing up in Oklahoma, middle America, where I was wearing jeans and cowboy boots and where people were not running around in miniskirts. — Suzy Amis
First buy a cowboy hat and boots. Then you're on your way to being a Texan. — James A. Michener
Cowboy Wisdom Quotes
You can't tell how good a man or a watermelon is 'til they get thumped. — Roy Bean
A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words. — Beryl Markham
Always take a good look at what you're about to eat. It's not so important to know what it is, but it's critical to know what it was — Texas Bix Bender
When you lose, don't lose the lesson. — Dalai Lama
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a raindance. — Texas Bix Bender
It don't take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep. — Will Rogers
If you're ridin' ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there — Will Rogers
Never slap a man who is chewing tobacco. — Will Rogers
Cowboy Movie Quotes
It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have. — Clint Eastwood
A boxing match is like a cowboy movie. There's got to be good guys and there's got to be bad guys. And that's what people pay for - to see the bad guys get beat. — Sonny Liston
When I was 9, I went to a birthday party. We were supposed to see a cowboy movie, but the programming got screwed up and we saw 'The Bad Seed' instead. Horrifying. For years I was frightened of girls with pigtails. — Robert Englund
I think a lot of African-American kids don't have fathers to teach them how to dress, so you end up being taught by pictures in magazine and movies. You see cowboys, Indians, old Hollywood films, Cary Grant. It has an effect on you. — Andre Benjamin
Westerns was why I got into the business. I grew up on a small farm in California and all I ever wanted to do was to play gangsters and cowboys in movies. — Brion James
A lot of old guys in movies are like cowboys - they talk like cowboys and they dress like cowboys. — Val Kilmer
Every man has got to know his limitations. — Clint Eastwood
Any man who'd make an X-rated movie ought to have to take his daughter to see it. — John Wayne
When I was starting to get noticed as an actor in the 1970s for something other than the third cowboy on the right who ended up dying in every movie or episode, Burt Reynolds was the biggest star in the world. — Bruce Dern
Dallas Cowboy Quotes
I sacrificed for the Dallas Cowboys when most quit. I put in overtime to try to help young players. — Charles Haley
Dallas Cowboys may be America's team, but the Houston Oilers are Texas' team. — Bum Phillips
Living in Dallas, I root for the Mavericks and the Stars and the Cowboys, but I've always pulled for the Chicago Cubs. I enjoy watching them play. — Lee Trevino
It's funny, but when there are dominant teams, there are a number of people who rail about the fact that they're always seeing the Dallas Cowboys or the San Francisco 49ers or the Green Bay either in the playoffs or in the Super Bowl. — Al Michaels
I'm pretty sure I could outrun the whole Dallas Cowboys team. — Adrian Peterson
Some areas near Dallas experienced a 3.5-magnitude earthquake, which some blame on fracking. However, scientists say that it was more likely aftershocks from Chris Christie celebrating at the Cowboys game. — Jimmy Fallon
I'm thrilled, I'm grateful, I'm blessed. I played for the world's greatest professional sports team in history. Once a Dallas Cowboy, always a Dallas Cowboy. — Bob Hayes
I was going to move back to Dallas, and my goal was to work at Channel 8 and be a sportscaster and cover my Cowboys and live happily ever after. — Chris Harrison
Every time fans turned on the television or watched the Dallas Cowboys, I wanted to give them the performance of a lifetime. — Emmitt Smith
Cowboys And Horses Quotes
A pony is a childhood dream. A horse is an adulthood treasure. — Rebecca Carroll
Renaissance cowboy/raconteur Pop Wagner ...deadpan funny ...his presence is like meeting Woody Guthrie and Will Rogers riding a single, many colored horse. Pop is a kind of 'textile genius' who is able to spin, at once, both yarn and rope. — Ron Miles
Whoever said a horse was dumb, was dumb — Will Rogers
Spending that many hours in the saddle gave a man plenty of time to think. That's why so many cowboys fancied themselves Philosophers. — Charles Marion Russell
A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks - but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more then a loan. — Pam Brown
A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot. — John Steinbeck
The knowledge of the nature of a horse is one of the first foundations of the art if riding it, and every horseman must make it his principal study. — Francois Robichon de La Gueriniere
When will they make a tractor that can furnish the manure for farm fields and produce a baby tractor every spring? — George Erik Rupp
I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride, and I'm wanted (want-ed...!) dead or alive. — Ward Churchill
I was street smart, but unfortunately the street was Rodeo Drive. — Carrie Fisher
There are literally billions of people on the planet who live in an unimaginable poverty that's not in any way different from the plight of the people in Orchid. And you can't have the splendor of Rodeo Drive without the sweatshops of Indonesia; those two things go hand in hand. — Tom Morello
I thought she was going to win it, she just got out-bobbed at the wire. — Jerry Hollendorfer
I can remember sittin' in a cafe when I first started in rodeo, and waitin' until somebody got done so I could finish what they left. — Chris LeDoux
A perfect ride. I fell a bit behind on the slow pace, but everything's good. It's real good. Yes, he ran the race we wanted him to run. — Elvis Trujillo
If you're demanding a rodeo jester be thrown in the dungeons for mocking the king, don't pretend you support a free country. — Steve Stockman
MAKE ME AN ANGEL THAT FLIES FROM MONTGOMERY, MAKE ME A POSTER OF AN OLD RODEO JUST GIVE ME ONE THING THAT I CAN HOLD ON TO TO BELIEVE IN THIS LIVIN' IS JUST A HARD WAY TO GO. — John Prine
So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo wit a shotgun, These people ain't seen a brown skin man, Since their grandparents bought one — Zack de la Rocha
There is a rare exception of mainstream sports that have a fatality rate. That's motor sports and rodeo, ... football, baseball, basketball, hockey, you make a mistake and you give up a run or some points. In these two sports, if you make a mistake, it could cost you your life. — Don Andrews
Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell. — John Fogerty
I remember my son wanted to go to bed with his cowboy boots on, and we had this fight for like an hour. Then I realized that the only good reason I had for him not to do it is because I didn't want him to. There was really no other reason. And finally I said, "OK, fine." It was a great victory for me, because I realized it doesn't really matter. — Michael J. Fox
I think you're going to find out that westerns will be coming back. It's Americana, it's part of our history, the cowboy, the cattle drive, the sheriff, the fight for law, order and justice. Justice will always prevail as far as I'm concerned. — Clayton Moore
I must say as to what I have seen of Texas it is the garden spot of the world. The best land and the best prospects for health I ever saw, and I do believe it is a fortune to any man to come here. There is a world of country here to settle. — Davy Crockett
Funny how women are ashamed of their inner fairy whereas men are forever proudly displaying their inner cowboy or fireman — Dawn French
I always wanted a guitar. I always wanted to be a cowboy singer because I also listened to Hank Williams, and he would always sing these neat romantic songs. — Dick Dale
I'll tell you what - if you attend a Cowboy-Redskins game, you better not leave 'til that clock hits zero. — Joe Gibbs
Call’s gone to round up a dern bunch of cowboys so we can head out for Montana with a dern bunch of cows and suffer for the rest of our lives. — Larry Mcmurtry
If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else's dog around. — Will Rogers
The bigger a man's gun the smaller his doodlewick. — Calamity Jane
If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed? — Steven Wright
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