72 Horse And Carriage Quotes

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Famous Horse And Carriage Quotes

In the countryside, an ox can pull a carriage. — Turkish Proverbs

It's us fun being a horse when the tractor comes along, or the blacksmith when the car comes along. — Warren Buffett

In the carriages of the past, you can't go anywhere. - Maxim Gorky

In the carriages of the past, you can't go anywhere. — Maxim Gorky

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

If there is no horse, a donkey will do as well. — Hungarian Proverbs

I had rather ride on an ass that carries me than a horse that throws me. — George Herbert

I was one of the many horses pulling the wagon and couldn't escape left or right because of the will of the driver. — Adolf Eichmann

When the hag gets off the cart, the horses have it easier. — Polish Proverbs

The old horse leaves the load and burden on the road. — Albanian Proverbs

Bring me a wheel of oaken wood A rein of polished leather A Heavy Horse and a tumbling sky Brewing heavy weather. — Ian Anderson

Look at the moves of the horse and the ship. — Thai Proverbs

An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage. — Publilius Syrus

I'd like to have the kind of house someday where a carousel horse wouldn't be out of place in the living room. — Jay McInerney

Mount the stallion of love and do not fear the path, love’s stallion knows the way exactly. With one leap, Love’s horse will carry you home. — Rumi

To plow like a horse / to work like a horse. — Russian Proverbs

Horse Quotes

Man's highest joy is in victory: to conquer one's enemies; to pursue them; to deprive them of their possessions; to make their beloved weep; to ride on their horses; and to embrace their wives and daughters. — Genghis Khan

I don't want the horse to get trained, because training the horse is absolutely finite. But if you get the horse to where he operates as if to be your legs, an extension of you, you've far-exceeded that whole training notion. — Buck Brannaman

Those who were adept and brave fellows I have made military commanders. Those who were quick and nimble I have made herders of horses. Those who were not adept I have given a small whip and sent to be shepherds — Genghis Khan

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If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said: Faster horses...

Horses are very keen on body language, and what I refer to as “presence”, and expression. They know quite a bit about you before you ever get to ‘em. They can read things about you clear across an arena. — Buck Brannaman

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence. — Alexander Hamilton

I've lost a million and a half on the horses and dice in the last two years. And the funny part is, I still like 'em, and if someone handed me another million I'd put it right in the nose of some horse that looked good to me. — Al Capone

Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are. - Unknown Author

Show me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are. — Unknown Author

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace. - Ovid

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace. — Ovid

The horse is a great equalizer, he doesn't care how good looking you are, or how rich you are or how powerful you are-- he takes you for how you make him feel. — Buck Brannaman

Looking for love is tricky business, like whipping a carousel horse. - George Cukor

Looking for love is tricky business, like whipping a carousel horse. — George Cukor

Carriage Quotes

When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

When I am...traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The thing I notice first about a woman is her walk. A beautiful woman is like a race horse-slim, sleek and with a beautiful carriage. — Dean Martin

I stay in the house almost all the time and only go out by gondola or carriage, for the pain in my chest or the narrowness of the chest prevents me from walking. — Antonio Vivaldi

Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality. — Emily Dickinson

A woman of haughty and fierce carriage, of a nimble wit and active spirit, a very voluble tongue, more bold than a man. — John Winthrop

Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage. This I tell ya, brother, you can't have one without the other. — Frank Sinatra

To go through life without love is to travel through the world in a carriage with closed windows. — Ivan Panin

That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? — Sojourner Truth

In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage. — Thomas De Quincey

Dark Horse Quotes

A dark horse, which had never been thought of, rushed past the grandstand in sweeping triumph. — Benjamin Disraeli

Black beauty - he's a dark horse. - Tim Vine

Black beauty - he's a dark horse. — Tim Vine

It is not the rich man's son that the young struggler for advancement has to fear in the race for life, nor his nephew, nor his cousin. Let him look out for the dark horse in the boy who begins by sweeping out the office. — Andrew Carnegie

A swift carriage, of a dark night, rattling with four horses over roads that one can’t see--that’s my idea of happiness. — Henry James

Through the days of love and celebration and joy, and through the dark days of mourning...the faithful horse has been with us always. — Elizabeth Cotten

Kate Winslet [for Steve Jobs movie, 2015] is the darling. If you wanna be the king you gotta kill the king. I think Charlotte [Rampling] is the dark horse on this one. No one does classic beauty better than her. — Bun B

I really like 'Roar' and 'Dark Horse.' 'Dark Horse' I really like, and I feel I would sing that in the bathroom; I would buy that album, and I think Katy Perry's amazing! — Iggy Azalea

My money's riding on this dark horse, baby My heart is sayin' it's the lucky one And its true color's gonna shine through someday If we let this Let this dark horse run — Amanda Marshall

That's the cool thing about horses - they don't have prejudice. They don't care if you're tall or thin or if you're dark or if you're light, or if you're rich or you're poor, if you're handsome or not so handsome. — Buck Brannaman

Will Herman Cain become the first black President that I acknowledge? I call him a dark horse because he's an unlikely candidate who surged forward, and not because he's a horse. — Stephen Colbert

Horses And Dogs Quotes

No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses. — Herman Melville

Personally, I would not give a fig for any man's religion whose horse, cat and dog do not feel its benefits. Life in any form is our perpetual responsibility. — S. Parkes Cadman

A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but when old and past service. — Plutarch

I have two Iceland horses, a very hairy dog called Looney, and a guinea pig. — Cornelia Funke

For a good life: Work like a dog. Eat like a horse. Think like a fox. And play like a rabbit. — George Allen

Man scans with scrupulous care the character and pedigree of his horses, cattle, and dogs before he matches them; but when he comes to his own marriage he rarely, or never, takes any such care. — Charles Darwin

I don't wear fur and I understand their cause. I am the biggest animal lover in the world. I have four dogs and two horses, and I have rescued animals all my life. — Gisele Bundchen

I also derive a great deal of pleasure from horses and dogs... the ocean... and love. — William Shatner

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children. — William Penn

What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food. — Anne Mccaffrey

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More Horse And Carriage Quotes

Where they couldn't pick holes in our arguments they would drive horses and carriages through my character. — Julian Assange

Those horses must have been Spanish jennets, born of mares mated with a zephyr; for they went as swiftly as the wind, and the moon, which had risen at our departure to give us light, rolled through the sky like a wheel detached from its carriage. — Theophile Gautier

All those who love Nature she loves in return, and will richly reward, not perhaps with the good things, as they are commonly called, but with the best things of this world-not with money and titles, horses and carriages, but with bright and happy thoughts, contentment and peace of mind. — John Lubbock

We're dealing with fundamentalists... the Amish are fundamentalists, but they don't try and hijack a carriage at needlepoint. And, if you're ever in Amish country and you see a man with his hand buried in a horse's ass, that's a mechanic. Remember that. — Robin Williams

The one thing I find the least romantic is taking a horse and carriage ride. I can't express enough how unhappy these horses are and how much pain and suffering they go through each day. Please do not ride [in horse-drawn carriages]. Take a beautiful walk together with your loved ones instead of bringing more pain to these beautiful animals. — Lea Michele

We went to Central Park in a horse-drawn carriage. We had this huge suite of rooms at The Plaza Hotel, with a TV in each room, and we had radios with earpieces. This was too far out. — Ringo Starr

Love and marriage, love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage. Dad was told by mother. You can't have one without the other. — Sammy Cahn

Pot came first when I was young. But I did the work. It wasn't a battle of what came first. They went together like "love and marriage, horse and carriage!" — John Waters

As the TiVos and the Replays are coming into our world - and they're coming - it's better to - be inside the tent and figure out what they're doing and to work hand in hand with them as opposed to saying, 'You know what, the automobile is not going to work. I'm going to stick to my horse and carriage,' you know. — Leslie Moonves

My first stage was couture. Boom. Couture. It has changed because women have evolved. Back in the day there were princesses. Today, there are still princesses, but she no longer rides around with horses and a carriage. She parties, she goes on vacation, she goes on boats. She wants to be dynamic. I understood this and I kept going. We do prêt-à-porter, men's, and couture. — Riccardo Tisci

The greatest thing about form and convention is that it saves you from having to reinvent the wheel. Now, whether you mount the wheel to a horse carriage or a Formula One racing car, make it plain or give it spinning rims, those are all craft decisions. But the fact of the wheel remains: it will turn if you set it down. That's what I mean about the beauty of the gifts genre can offer. — Chris Abani

It's pretty awesome to see people dressed up in period clothing and running around on horses and in carriages and all that kind of thing. Part of the fun of making a period film is just that playfulness. It's just like make believe when you're a child except you get to do it for a real job. — Cary Fukunaga

In the medical profession a horse and carriage are more necessary than any scientific knowledge. — Honore de Balzac

Dear A & M, I talked to the manager of the Beauty Bar because I definitely saw you guys getting married against a hot pink backdrop, but he doesn't think we can fit more than fifty people inside and I'm thinking three hundred. How would you feel about getting married in the park? It might get cold, but you could ride a horse-drawn carriage to the ceremony. How do you feel about matching wedding crowns? -Isabelle — Cassandra Clare

Oh, I can never get enough," he said. "Which, incidentally, is what your sister said to me when - " The carriage door flew open. A hand shot out, grabbed Will by the back of the shirt, and hauled him inside. The door banged shut after him, and Thomas, sitting bolt upright, seized reins of the horses. A moment later the carriage had lurched forth into the night, leaving Gabriel staring, infuriated, after it. — Cassandra Clare

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