Robert M. Pirsig book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 29
Black Elk Speaks (1961)
Robert M. Pirsig book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974), Ch. 29
“By your logic I should also be in charge of Solinade dances, needlework, and horse thieving.”
Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind
Source: The Name of the Wind
Ronald H. Coase (1910–2013) British economist and author
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
“When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature they will like the strong horse.”
Osama bin Laden (1957–2011) founder of al-Qaeda
Video interview, quoted in Analyzing Leaders, Presidents and Terrorists by Diane E. Holloway page 325 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Jc7CY1yV1g8C&pg=PA325, with NPR transcript https://www.npr.org/news/specials/response/investigation/011213.binladen.transcript.html (9 November 2001) <br class="br">2000s, 2002
“A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!”
William Shakespeare Richard III
Richard, Act V, scene iv.
Richard III (1592–3)
“In my childhood our neighbor had horses, I was letting him kiss me to let me ride the horse.”
Layal Abboud (1982) Lebanese pop singer
2016
“Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, couldn't drag me away.”
Mick Jagger (1943) British rock musician, member of The Rolling Stones
"Wild Horses (The Rolling Stones song)" (co-written with Keith Richards), on Sticky Fingers (1971).
Lyrics
Context: Childhood living is easy to do
The things you wanted, I bought them for you
Graceless lady, you know who I am
You know I can't let you slide through my hands
Wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild horses, couldn't drag me away.
“Villain, a horse--
Villain, I say, give me a horse to fly,
To swim the river, villain, and to fly.”
George Peele (1556–1596) English translator and poet
Battle of Alcazar (acted 1588-1589, printed 1594), act V, l:104, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Published anonymously, but attributed with much probability to Peele.
“If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse… but surely you will see the wildness!”
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer