
“If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.”
Source: The Girl with No Shadow
Source: Sins of the Night
“If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.”
Source: The Girl with No Shadow
“If wishes were stories, beggars would read…”
“Stories”, p. 141
A Sad Heart at the Supermarket: Essays & Fables (1962)
Ronald Coase in speech to the "International Society of New Institutional Economics" the 17 September 1999, Washington DC. He claims he was quoting fellow economist Ely Devons which reportedly said this in a meeting
1990s and later
“Set a beggar on horseback and he will ride a gallop.”
Section 2, member 2.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part II
Patel complaining about the Indian Muslims' silence over Kashmir in a speech in Lucknow in 1948, quoted in B.D. Graham: Hindu Nationalism and quoted from Elst, Koenraad (2014). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa. p.349
“And if wishes were horses, I’d have been run over in childhood.”
Source: Acheron
“School system teach you to ride a horse while in real life we have to ride a car.”
Source: Christian Canlubo https://en.everybodywiki.com/Christian_Canlubo| Christian Canlubo profile on EverybodyWiki
Christian Canlubo expressed his belief that the school system is too slow.
“You can't ride two horses with one behind.”