Quotes about horses

A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.

— Ian Fleming

They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.

— Ben Jonson

The horse, the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power of movement, of action, in man.

— D. H. Lawrence

It takes a good deal of physical courage to ride a horse. This, however, I have. I get it at about forty cents a flask, and take it as required.

— Stephen B. Leacock

I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace.

— Abraham Lincoln

My beautiful, my beautiful! That standest meekly by, with thy proudly-arched and glossy neck, and dark and fiery eye!

— Caroline Sheridan Norton

I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.

— Will Rogers

Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always find? That the stables are the real center of the household.

— George Bernard Shaw

In the history of man, there has been and always will be more horses' asses than horses.

— Jeffrey Fry