Equestrian Quotes

People on horses look better than they are. People in cars look worse than they are.

The canter is a cure for every evil.

A good horse makes short miles.

He doth nothing but talk of his horses.

I learned why 'out riding alone' is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone, is always sensing the other being, the mysterious but also understandable living being that is the horse.

There is something about riding down the street on a prancing horse that makes you feel like something, even when you ain't a thing.

When you're young and fall off a horse, you may break something. When you're my age and you fall off, you splatter.

A horse will never tire of a rider who possesses both tact and sensitivity because he will never be pushed beyond his possibilities.

When I bestride him, I soar, I am a hawk: he trots the air; the earth sings when he touches it; the basest horn of his hoof is more musical than the pipe of Hermes.

When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.

Equestrian art is the perfect understanding and harmony between horse and rider.

There are only two classes in good society in England: the equestrian classes and the neurotic classes.

All equestrians, if they last long enough, learn that riding in whatever form is a lifelong sport and art, an endeavor that is both familiar and new every time you take the horse out of his stall or pasture.

Horses lend us the wings we lack.

A man on a horse is spiritually, as well as physically, bigger then a man on foot.

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.

There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.

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.

No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.

I'm an equestrian, so I like to ride. Ride horses, I love to hike with my dog, love to travel. Most recently I went to Costa Rica, which I loved.

Equestrian and sailing are sports for people growing up on the mean streets of Connecticut.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

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.

"Equestrian", by the by, is the gayest word in the English language. In fact, I thought Brokeback Mountain should have been called Two Equestrians.

As for me, you wonder why I am a socialist. I'll tell you. It is because socialism is inevitable; because the present rotten and irrational system cannot endure; because the day is past for your man on horseback. The slaves won't stand for it. They are too many, and willy-nilly they'll drag down the would-be equestrian before he gets astride. You can't get away from them, and you'll have to swallow the whole slave-morality. It's not a nice mess, I'll allow. But it's been a-brewing and swallow it you must.

It's a lot like nuts and bolts - if the rider's nuts, the horse bolts!

I horse ride. I find it is the best way to maintain my fitness and stay physical. I have to practise anyway for my equestrian front. I do dressage and schooling too. I also do physical training where I work on my neck and upper body strength. Racing is a high endurance sport and you are in the car for a long time so this area is crucial.

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.

Horses make a landscape look beautiful.

Fall 2013 was inspired by the 1970s equestrian lifestyle. I wanted to incorporate the moody and romantic - intricate baroque detailing and classic menswear elements - with something tougher and edgier in a nod to London's rock n' roll underground.

Love means attention, which means looking after the things we love. We call this stable management.

I’m actually an equestrian, and I showed in the American Paint Horse Association and competed for top 20 in the nation.

You can never rely on a horse that is educated by fear. There will always be something that he fears more than you. But, when he trusts you, he will ask you, what to do when he is afraid.

Ask often, be content of little, reward always.

A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment.

The apex of perfection in equestrian art is not an exhibition of a great deal of different airs and movements by the same horse, but rather the conservation of the horse's enjoyment, suppleness and finesse during the performance, which calls for comparison with the finest ballet, or performance of an orchestra, or seeing a play by Racine, so moving is the sight of perfectly unisoned movements.

Leo: Rainbows. Very macho. Annabeth: Butch is our best equestrian, he gets along great with the pegasi. Leo: Rainbows, ponies... Butch: I'm gonna toss you off this chariot.

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.

A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!

I'm not living the life I thought I would lead, but it does have meaning, purpose. There is love... there is joy... there is laughter.