“I had that upbringing. Of watching 'Bonanza,' watching 'Hee Haw,' which both black and white would watch. I rode horses. I did gun spinning as a kid. I do these things.” KidsBlackWhiteWatchesGunHorseBlack And WhiteSpinningUpbringingHee Haw Author:Jamie Foxx
“After seeing kids play polo against big guys, it only shows that horses are the greatest equalizer in the world. No matter what you weigh, the little fellow is your equal on a horse.” WorldLittlesMatterPlayShowsBigsKidsGuySeeingEqualHorseNo Matter WhatFellowsPoloBig GuysEqualizer Author:Will Rogers
“I remember kids used to give me a penny for drawing them a horse. I loved horses, but I couldn't have one, so I would draw a horse for myself. I would make it food and a blanket for it to wear and a place to live.” GivingKidsRememberUsedDrawsHorseGive MeDrawingPenniesBlanketPlaces To Live Author:Jan Brett
“My dad was an immigrant kid and a Democrat and a Jew, and we didn't know any Republicans in our group. So I grew up Democratic. My dad was a labor lawyer - a very hardworking guy, a one-horse labor lawyer - and then I went to hippie college and lived in the bubble.” KnowsKidsGuyGroupsCollegeGrewDadRepublicanGrew UpLaborHorseDemocraticDemocratMy DadJewLawyerImmigrantsBubblesHippieHardworking Author:David Mamet
“You have never seen greatness in a Presidency; I have. It was a rich kid who you would think had every reason to be a horse's ass - Franklin Roosevelt. He was humane and wise and resourceful. He was called a traitor to his class.” ThinkingReasonKidsClassRichWiseGreatnessHorseAssPresidencyHumaneTraitorFranklinResourcefulRich Kids Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“I was never a big reader as a kid. My imagination wasn't captured by books very often. It was captured more often by boys and partying and riding horses.” BookBigsKidsImaginationPartyBoysReaderHorseRidingMy ImaginationCaptured Author:Bonnie Jo Campbell
“I love to ride horses. I've ridden since I was a kid so I got to do some riding, which was a lot of fun. But most of the stunts were left to the girls. It's the girls rescuing the guys mostly. So it was kind of really kick-ass, girl power. It was wonderful to watch. It was particularly sexy. They would come in and just slay in these choreographed pentagram of death fight scenes. It was pretty impressive.” KindKidsGuyGirlFightingLeftFunWatchesWonderfulSceneHorseSexyAssKicksRidingImpressiveGirl PowerKick AssPentagrams Author:Douglas Booth
“And the other thing for the sort of posher kids was a sort of lethal scooter, you know. One of the things that you just push along with your - really heavy, lethal, you know, trap your fingers in and every bit of metal got rusty very quickly. And the girls I seem to remember they had a thing like a broomstick with a horse's head on the top which they sat astride.” KnowsSeemsKidsRememberGirlBitsHorseFingersHeavySatMetalsTrapsBroomsticksScooters Author:Nick Lowe
“[But] they can't kill music. God knows, they've tried. But music always wins. As long as there's kids coming up that have a passion. All the bean counters in the world can't kill that. You know? You just can't. They can try, of course, to feed you the most puerile, benign horse manure, but some kid's going to come along and demand something more than that.” KnowsWorldTryingLongKidsPassionCoursesWinningDemandHorseGod KnowsBeansBenignManureBean Counters Author:John Hiatt
“I had an opportunity to move to L.A. back in 1999 and start up a horse racing network of all things. At the time, I was younger and married but didn't have kids; so we thought, Let's just go to L.A. for a while and have fun, and we can always come home. One thing led to another; and once I was out there, I had my eyes opened to this other world and quickly got a home and gardens show and did a game show and then The Bachelor ended up falling into my lap in 2001. And 'the rest is history' as they say.” WorldShowsHomeEyeKidsMovingFallOpportunityGamesFunOne ThingMarriedGardenAll ThingsHorseHaving FunComing HomeRacingLapOther WorldsBachelorsHorse RacingGame Shows Author:Chris Harrison
“Look at The Iliad, there's all this stuff about men loving children. The King of Sparta was the most brutal warrior of ancient Greece, and the only thing he liked to do was horse around with kids when he was back from slaughtering. One thing that feminism revealed is that being a distant patriarchal figure was not something men wanted to be. They want to be more involved in the lives of their children, and you can see that once they're allowed to have that connection, they crave it.” MenWantLooksChildrenKidsWantedStuffOne ThingFeminismFiguresKingsInvolvedConnectionsHorseAncientWarriorBrutalCraveGreeceIliadAncient GreeceSpartaLoving Children Author:Stephen Marche
“I grew up with horses when I was a kid in Argentina. I like them. I respect them. I'm careful around them. You never know what they're going to do. They're endlessly interesting. I've had some good acting partners that were horses over the years.” KnowsYearsKidsInterestingActingGrewGrew UpHorseCarefulPartnersArgentinaGood Acting Author:Viggo Mortensen
“My wife and my three kids and my grandchildren are my life, but my horses and my dogs are everything else.” KidsThreeWifeDogHorseMy WifeGrandchildrenMy DogMy Grandchildren Author:William Shatner
“Then the carousel started, and I watched her go round and round...All the kids tried to grap for the gold ring, and so was old Phoebe, and I was sort of afraid she's fall off the goddam horse, but I didn't say or do anything. The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If they fall off, they fall off, but it is bad to say anything to them.” IfsWantKidsFallGoldHorseRoundsRingsSay AnythingCarousels Author:J. D. Salinger
“Hazel blinked. “Two gods had a horse for a kid?” “Long story.” LongTwoStoriesKidsHorseLong Story Author:Rick Riordan
“When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I always wondered who got his horse.” IfsKidsGuyActorsAnimalHorseWesternMovieWestern Movie Book:Napalm & Silly Putty Source: Napalm & Silly Putty
“It’s literally true, as Shakespeare said--all the world’s a stage. It wasn’t that way when I first got into the movies in 1924, but it is now. That’s why I find Hollywood newer and more exciting every day. Whatever you hear it’s still a place where a kid from Montana can jump on a horse, ride that-a-way, and keep right on going.” WorldWayFirstsSaidStillsKidsStageHollywoodExcitingHorseMontana Author:Gary Cooper
“In fact, I was one of the few trusted people that Lucy allowed to play with their kids. I spent time at their summer home, rode horses at their ranch, and swam at their beach house. I even spent a Christmas with them at Palm Springs one year.” PeopleYearsPlayFactsHomeKidsHouseSummerSpringHorseChristmasBeachTrustedPalmsLucyBeach HousePalm Springs Author:Keith Thibodeaux