Your Favorite Quotes

[BJ]

I'm certain this wasn't written about the TB or TB industry...but it SHOULD be the motto...

"Do not go where the path may lead--
Go instead where there is no path a leave a trail"

Ralph Waldo Emerson


I love just about all of Ralph W. E.'s quotes.

"What lies behind us--
What lies before us--
Are tiny matters when compared to what lies within us"

Ralph Waldo Emerson

[BJ]

...
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Beware the fury of the patient man -- John Dryden (for some reason I always think of trainers like Whittingham and McAnally when I run across this one)

Quick decisions are dangerous decisions -- Sophocles (so plan those breedings carefully )

Knowledge comes, wisdom lingers -- Lord Tennyson

To my way of thinking there is something wrong, or missing, with a person who doesn't have a soft spot in their heart for an animal of some kind -- Will James ...

Totally agree!

[BJ]

"He said 'now ponies,
ponies, don't you worry;
I've not come to steal your fire away.
I want to ride with you across the sunrise,
and discover what begins each dawning day.'"
- Michael Martin Murphy[/i].

Warhorse, I thought I knew all the Michael Martin Murphy lyrics. What song is that from? I know it's not from Wildfire.

Laurie

Hmm...I thought it WAS Wildfire.

[BJ]

"He said 'now ponies,
ponies, don't you worry;
I've not come to steal your fire away.
I want to ride with you across the sunrise,
and discover what begins each dawning day.'"
- Michael Martin Murphy[/i].

Warhorse, I thought I knew all the Michael Martin Murphy lyrics. What song is that from? I know it's not from Wildfire.

Laurie

Found this on the internet. I guess this is a breakdown of the chords:

>>>Artist: Michael Martin Murphey Tabs/Chords
Song: Ponies Tab

Ponies by Martin Michael Murphey:

Written by Jeff Hawthorne Bullock
>From the album The Horse Legends
G G9 G G9

G G9 G G9
Somewhere out on the prairie
C D
Is the greatest cowboy thatÎs ever been
G C Em Am G
When he lays his hands upon the ponies
D G(III) --- D(X) C(VIII) G(VII)
They shutter with that understanding skin

G G7 C Em Am G
He says ponies now ponies donÎt you worry
D G
I have not come to steal your fire away
C Em Am G
I want to fly with you across the sunrise
D G G9 G G9
And discover what begins each shining day<<<

[elviswastheking]

I am not sure who said this first, but I have heard it a few times


"My trainer treats me like a mushroom................he keeps me in the dark and feeds me bullsh*t."

[elviswastheking]

and a couple more for good measure

"Never mistake agression for gameness"

"It is not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog"

[BJ]

I am not sure who said this first, but I have heard it a few times


"My trainer treats me like a mushroom................he keeps me in the dark and feeds me bullsh*t."

And the Vets and the farms... I'm gonna start sending THEM the bills, since they act like THEY own the horses!

[ZiaLand]

I'm certain this wasn't written about the TB or TB industry...but it SHOULD be the motto...

"Do not go where the path may lead--
Go instead where there is no path a leave a trail"

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Absolutely agree. I really like that one, too.

So many great quotes. Thanks all.

Laurie

[WarHorse]

That was from Ponies, by MMM. It's on the album Horse Legends, with many others.


"When God created the horse He said to the magnificent creature: I have made thee as no other. All the treasures of the earth lie between thine eyes. Thou shalt carry my friends upon thy back. Thy saddle shall be the seat of prayers to me. And thou fly without wings, and conquer without any sword. Oh, horse." - The Koran

(Note that being horseback is the only place besides on a prayer rug that Muslims may pray.)


"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 Johnson, Explorata

(Boy, don't I know that!)


"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 Leacock

(No comment...)

[charlie]

"Here he comes, walking down the shed row" - Jack Price, owner of Carry Back, to a TV camera man looking for a place to "plug" in some equipment---"Where's the plug?"