“I had to ride a horse once. In 'King Arthur.' I said I could ride, but I had to call for lessons on the day the deal was signed. I started out on this little chunky thing and slowly moved up. It was months of work.” LittlesSaidDealsMonthsKingsLessonsHorseMovedArthurKing Arthur Author:Clive Owen
“It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them. As Henry Ford said many years earlier: "If I had listened to my customers, I would have built a faster horse." Inventions in general express Shannon entropy. They come from the supply side.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantYearsSaidHardShowsSidesFocusGroupsDesignProductsBuiltEconomicsHorseCustomersInventionFasterWant UEntropyFocus GroupsShannon Book:Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World Source: Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World
“He who has not an adventure has not horse or mule, so says Solomon.--Who is too adventurous, said Echephron,--loses horse and mule.” SaidLosesAdventureHorseAdventurousSolomonMules Author:Francois Rabelais
“Whoever said a horse was dumb, was dumb” SaidHorseDumbCowboyGood HorseCowboys And Horses Author:Will Rogers
“In 1964, when Lee Iacocca said, 'Shelby, I want you to make a sports car out of the Mustang,' the first thing I said was, 'Lee, you can't make a race horse out of a mule. I don't want to do it.' He said, 'I didn't ask you to make it; you work for me.'” WantFirstsSaidAsksSportsRaceCarHorseI Want YouMulesSports CarsMustangRace Horses Author:Carroll Shelby
“Cicero said loud-bawling orators were driven by their weakness to noise, as lame men to take horse.” MenSaidWeaknessHorseDrivenNoiseLoudLameOrators Author:Plutarch