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
Saddle your dreams before you ride em. — Mary Webb
Horses are our silent partners. When we learn their language. This partnership grows strong. — Monty Roberts
It's us fun being a horse when the tractor comes along, or the blacksmith when the car comes along. — Warren Buffett
I cannot imagine my life without horses. They have been my teachers, my friends, my business partners and my entertainment. — Monty Roberts
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
Raise up your glasses against evil forces; Whiskey for my men, beer for my horses. — Toby Keith
In Westerns you were permitted to kiss your horse but never your girl. — Gary Cooper
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
When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I always wondered who got his horse. — George Carlin
I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake. — J. D. Salinger
Look at the moves of the horse and the ship. — Thai Proverbs
Short Cowboys And Horses Quotes
A horse gallops with his lungs, perseveres with his heart, and wins with his character. — Federico Tesio
The wildest colts make the best horses. — Plutarch
Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist's couch. — John Wayne
A catcher and his body are like the outlaw and his horse. He's got to ride that nag till it drops. — Johnny Bench
Don't be the rider who gallops all nightand never sees the horse that is beneath him — Rumi
Life's a rodeo and all you have to do is stay in the saddle. — George Jung
You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people. — Will Rogers
In summer winter rain or sun, it's good to be on horseback. — Mike Oldfield
There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows. — Russell Crowe
Why is it there are so many more horses' asses than there are horses? — G. Gordon Liddy
Cowboys And Horses Image Quotes
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said: Faster horses...
It's a lot like nuts and bolts - if the rider's nuts, the horse bolts! — Nicholas Evans
Cowboys ain't made by boots or hats. They're made by the man inside em that still respects his raising.
Cowboy Quotes
Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are. — Unknown Author
Don't be afraid to go after what you want to do, and what you want to be.
But don't be afraid to be willing to pay the price. — Lane Frost
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.
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 can do anything that you wanna do, but uh-uh, don't step on my cowboy boots. — 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
You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy. — Lyndon B. Johnson
Cowboy Movie 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
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
Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have messed with? That's me. — 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
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
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
Never ask a barber if you need a haircut. — Warren Buffett
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
When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging. — Tammara Webber
I'm scared of snakebites - that's the origin of cowboy boots, protection - but my toes need to breathe. — Gavin McInnes
I ride horseback - arthritic knees permitting - or listen to opera. Sometimes I cook. I used to do needlework, but it's hard on my hands now, so I only do it occasionally, but I like it. And, of course, I read. — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Shoulder-in is the aspirin of horseback riding - it cures everything. — Nuno Oliveira
Millions of Americans each year use our national forests to go hiking, fishing, hunting, camping, swimming, horseback riding, and canoeing. — Ric Keller
A dress made right should allow one to walk, to dance, even to ride horseback. — Coco Chanel
I never ride horseback now because my sympathy with the under-dog is too keen. After we have a gone a few blocks, I always dismount and say to the horse: 'We'll walk it together, old dear. — Marie Dressler
I have been agreeably disappointed in my idea of the camels. They are far from unpleasant to ride; in fact, it is much less fatiguing than riding on horseback, and even with the little practice I have yet had, I find it shakes me less. — William John Wills
I also love horseback riding in New Jersey. — Eva Herzigova
I went horseback riding and got a big chunk of horse manure kicked into my face. It has a way of slapping you right back into reality. — Vanessa Carlton
My hobbies are mountain biking, horseback riding and packing, canoeing and kayaking, hiking, camping, cooking, and skiing. — Douglas Preston
There's nothing like the first horseback ride to make a person feel better off. — Herbert V. Prochnow
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
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
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
There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse. — Robert Smith Surtees
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
If in another world there is any riding — and God forbid that I should go to any heaven in which there are no horses — I cannot but think that there will be a soft swishing as of the footsteps of some invisible horse heard occasionally on the familiar trails over which the equestrian statue is to look. — Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham
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
We say it’s a modern American Western - two gunslingers who ride into town, fight the bad guys, kiss the girl and ride out into the sunset again. And we were always talking from the very beginning that if you’re going to have cowboys, they need a trusty horse. —Eric Kripke on the decision to add the Impala — Eric Kripke
Never slap a man who is chewing tobacco. — Will Rogers
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
Horses lend us the wings we lack. — Pam Brown
My grandpa was a cowboy. He roped cattle out in Texas and Arizona. Growing up, I'd see him maybe once a year and he'd always get me on a horse at some point. But each time I'd have to learn again. — Austin Butler
Be wary of the horse with a sense of humor. — Pam Brown
You get that horse to really operate as if he’s your legs and you can take that anywhere you want. You can dress up in any kind of clothes you like. You can be a jumper, dressage rider, trail rider, cowboy, anything. — Buck Brannaman
Well, of course the general idea was dreamed up by the advertising agency and so my job was to realize that. And we down to Lubbock, Texas, usually and onto a ranch and we would pick cowboys who looked the part and photograph them under dramatic situations - rounding up wild horses or running through streams and then reaching in and taking a drag on a cigarette. — Haskell Wexler
Everyone has a first love and mine was the western. When I was a child and dreamed of the movies, it was always as a cowboy on a white horse. — Sayings
en you show up to work and put on your undergarments, throw on your suspenders and your cowboy boots, throw some dirt on you, and then get on your spurs, you start to walk a bit different. When you put on your gun belts, you change again. You go through this whole transformation process. All that stuff changes you. Riding a horse changes the way you walk and your demeanor. — James Badge Dale
I have horses, I drive a truck, and I wear cowboy boots. First I'm a Texan. — Henry Thomas
I figured somebody wrote a story who had a typewriter and I thought that movies were made by the cowboys and that they just said, 'Okay, you fall off the horse this time.' — John Sayles
Anybody doesn't like these pitchers don't like potry, see? Anybody don't like potry go home see television shots of big hatted cowboys being tolerated by kind horses. Robert Frank, Swiss, unobtrusive, nice, with that little camera that he raises and snaps with one hand he sucked a sad poem right out of America onto film, taking rank among the poets of the world. To Robert Frank I now give this message: You got eyes. — Jack Kerouac
I would love for someone to offer me a serious part in something. I don't know if I could even pull it off, but I would like to be the cowboy that rides off and someone shoots him off the horse in the middle of town. Just a serious role. It wouldn't have to be a big one. — Jeff Foxworthy
The cowboy doesn't need an iron horse, but covers his country on one that eats grass and wears hair. — Charles Marion Russell
One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses. — Chris Kyle
I worked around cattle all my life and I guess I learned all there is to know about it, and I think I can sum it all up in one thing: You can't drink coffee on a running horse. — Sam Brenner
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