Modern Domesticated Horses

Famous quotes containing the words modern, domesticated and/or horses:

    “O born in days when wits were fresh and clear,
    And life ran gaily as the sparkling Thames;
    Before this strange disease of modern life,
    With its sick hurry, its divided aims,
    Its head o’ertaxed, its palsied hearts, was rife—”
    —Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)

    “His principles are like the bristles of a domesticated pig, they don’t pierce through the pork.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    “General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: “Some horses run faster than others.””
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)