Mark Twain Horse Quotations

It were not best that we should all think alike; it is difference of opinion that makes horse races

It is difference of opinion that makes horse races.

It is not best that we all should think alike, it is differences of opinion that make horse races.

It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.

It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races.

Every man has a secret ambition: To outsmart horses, fish and women.

If horses knew their strength we should not ride anymore.

The ordinary chestnut can beget a sickly and reluctant laugh, but it takes a horse chestnut to fetch the gorgeous big horse-laugh.

Not all horses were born equal. A few were born to win.

I speak French with timidity, and not flowingly--except when excited. When using that language I have often noticed that I have hardly ever been mistaken for a Frenchman, except, perhaps, by horses; never, I believe, by people.

People who always feel jolly, no matter where they are or what happens to them—who have the organ of hope preposterously developed—who are endowed with an uncongealable sanguine temperament—who never feel concerned about the price of corn—and who cannot, by any possibility, discover any but the bright side of a picture—are very apt to go to extremes, and exaggerate with 40-horse microscopic power.

My experience with horses is that they never throw away a chance to go lame.

Suddenly the nickel-clad horse takes the bit in its mouth and goes slanting for the curbstone defying all prayers and all your powers to change its mind - your heart stands still, your breath hangs fire, your legs forget to work.

Rise early. It is the early bird that catches the worm. Don't be fooled by this absurd law; I once knew a man who tried it. He got up at sunrise and a horse bit him.

A few fly bites cannot stop a spirited horse.

I can always tell which is the front end of a horse, but beyond that, my art is not above the ordinary.