“I'm a dark horse, running on a dark race course” RunningCoursesDarkRaceHorseDark Horse Author:George Harrison
“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.” FirstsBlackPresidentDarkHorseAcknowledgeCandidatesUnlikelyCainDark Horse Author:Stephen Colbert
“...to emphasize the afterlife is to deny life. To concentrate on Heaven is to create hell. In their desperate longing to transcend the disorderliness, friction, and unpredictability that pesters life; in their desire for a fresh start in a tidy habitat, germ-free and secured by angels, religious multitudes are gambling the only life they may ever have on a dark horse in a race that has no finish line.” LifeMayDesireHeavenReligiousLinesDarkRaceHellAngelHorseLongingDenyDesperateGamblingAfterlifeMultitudesGermsSecuredTidyFresh StartHabitatFrictionFinish LineUnpredictabilityDark Horse Book:Skinny Legs and All Source: Skinny Legs and All
“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” IfsHeartRunningDarkColorBabyMy HeartLuckyHorseShiningSomedayRidingTrue ColorsDark Horse Author:Amanda Marshall
“In the same way that when the car got going, people thought it would be an electric car, people thought it would be a steam car. Actually, the dark horse in that race was internal combustion, but because of the energy density of gasoline and discovery of oil in large amounts at that point in first Pennsylvania and then Texas, it won out over those other two, to the point that those other two are actually viewed as obscure footnotes in history.” PeopleWayFirstsTwoWould BeEnergyDarkRaceCarAmountDiscoveryHorseOilInternalsTexasElectricObscureSteamGasolinePennsylvaniaDensityFootnotesCombustionElectric CarDark Horse Author:Bill Gates
“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.” IfsThinkingDoeJobsDarkKingsHorseClassicDarlingKateCharlotteClassic BeautyDark Horse Author:Bun B
“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.” MenLooksYoungDarkRaceBoysRichSonOfficeHorseImprovementCousinAdvancementRich ManSweepingNephewDark Horse Book:Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie: Top Biography Source: Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie: Top Biography