Under his spurning feet, the roadLike an arrowly alpine river

Under his spurning feet, the road
Like an arrowly alpine river flowed
And the landscape sped away behind
Like an ocean flying before the wind…. – Thomas Buchanan Read

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Horses, Horse Racing
category

There is something about jumping a horse over a fence, something that makes you feel good. Perhaps its the risk, the gamble. In any event its a thing I need. – William Faulkner

Horses have hoofs to carry them over frost and snow; hair, to protect them from wind and cold. They eat grass and drink water, and fling up their heels…. Such is the real nature of horses. – Chuang Tzu

Ive often said theres nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse. – Will Rogers

Go anywhere in England where there are natural, wholesome, contented, and really nice English people; and what do you always find? That the stables are the real center of the household. – George Bernard Shaw

Random Quotes

I think we felt the pressure more at first than this time around. But still you dont want to let anyone down. I never even met Patrick until we had a Christmas party at Ian McKellens house on the first movie and then I didnt see him again until the premiere. – Rebecca Romijn

Category:
Christmas

The world is bad but not without hope. It is only hopeless when you look at it from an ideal viewpoint. – Friedrich Durrenmatt

Category:
Hope

A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it. – Lewis H. Lapham

Category:
Violence

Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers’ gardens. – Douglas Jerrold

Category:
Happiness