The horse's neck is between the two reins of the bridle, which both meet in the rider's hand.

By this way you may dress all sorts of horses in the utmost perfection, if you know how to practice it; a thing that is very easy in the hands of a master.

But my method of the pillar, as it throws the horse yet more upon the haunches, is still more effectual to this purpose, and besides always gives him the ply to the side he goes of.

These are excellent lessons to break him, and make him light in hand: but nothing puts a horse so much upon his haunches, and consequently makes him so light in hand, as my new method of the pillar.

You must in all Airs follow the strength, spirit, and disposition of the horse, and do nothing against nature; for art is but to set nature in order, and nothing else.

You may observe in all my lessons, that I tell you how the legs go, and those who are unacquainted with that, are entirely ignorant and work in the dark.

You should pull him back besides in all the lines before the quarter, just as you make the others advance.

Be always lavish of your caresses, and sparing in your corrections.

The horse's neck is between the two reins of the bridle, which both meet in the rider's hand.

And he that said that a horse was not dressed, whose curb was not loose, said right; and it is equally true that the curb can never play, when in its right place, except the horse be upon his haunches.

But there is nothing to be done till a horse's head is settled.

Without knowing this, no man can dress a horse perfectly.

Use gentle means before you come to extremity, and whatever lesson you work him, and never take above half his strength, nor ride him till he is weary, but a little at a time and often.

But we ought to consider the natural form and shape of a horse, that we may work him according to nature.

Now being upon the haunches (as he necessarily must be in this case) is it impossible but he must be light in hand, because no horse can be rightly upon his haunches without being so.

The main secret for a horse that is heavy upon the hand, is for the rider to have a very light one; for when he finds nothing to bear upon with his mouth, he infallibly throws himself upon the haunches for his own security.

I think the fundamental part of my technique is my vibrato.

Wide awake I can make my most fantastic dreams come true.

Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down.

Older people may have always existed throughout history, but they were rare.

Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.

I'd rather die my way than live yours.

The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les Brown and his band.

I've always wanted to be a singer and an actor. I will continue to concentrate on both because I love both.

San Francisco is one of my favorite cities in the world.

You're going to struggle. You're going to do well. You can't really let the past or the day before - whether you had a good day or bad day - dictate the day you have that certain day.

I definitely don't think of myself as someone identified by region. It's too far-flung a region, for starters, and southern New Mexico is very isolated. I wouldn't think of my identity as generational, either, but maybe as more stylistic, in the school of realism and domestic issues.

Auditioning for something you already know and love is terrifying.

Affirmative action is the most important antidiscrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has had a demonstrable effect on discrimination... Affirmative action, by all statistical measures, has been the central ingredient to the creation of the black middle class.

Nuclear doctrine consists of thinking the unthinkable. It involves making threats and promising retaliation that is cruel and destructive beyond imagining. But it has its purpose: to prevent war in the first place.

I think that there's a lot of guys out there that want to read the equivalent of chick lit, but really there's not being much written for them.

Back when we started, people didn't even know what a submarine sandwich was. The product was only sold in a few markets.

Books are a little better movies than just screenplays because there's more fat on the bone. There's more character development. There's more stuff to pick from.

The passion and knowledge of journalism as storytelling is incredibly infectious.

I'm better looking in person.

I want every episode to feel like we still haven't done this right yet.

Dogs are the magicians of the universe.

Shakespeare is renewed each time you see it or read it. I've seen 'Midsummer Night's Dream' so many times, and each time it's a little different, or a different line leaps out at me. It's like re-reading a good book over and over, always noticing something you hadn't seen the time before - and that's rare.

Leftovers in their less visible form are called memories. Stored in the refrigerator of the mind and the cupboard of the heart.

St. Patrick, bringing the religion to Ireland, this is what we should celebrate.