With the horse I always consider that if I do too much in too little time and I'm not patient, he's gonna shut down and I won't get anything done.

The horse is a great equalizer, he doesn't care how good looking you are, or how rich you are or how powerful you are-- he takes you for how you make him feel.

Horses are incredibly forgiving. They fill in places we're not capable of filling ourselves.

The horse saved my life, so that's kind of why I'll spend the rest of mine trying to help them.

I’ve always wanted to do the right thing by a horse, that’s never changed, its just that as my knowledge grew I’ve been able to offer the horse a better human being, as time has gone on.

There are things that the horse did for me that a human couldn't have done.

Whether it's horses or whatever it is you do, it doesn't become an art until your soul goes into what you do.

It is all about the quality of the communication, not the quantity.

When you find that the horse is compelled and interested in you, something in you changes. That can be healing or move you deeply.

You try to do as little as you can, but you need to do as much as is necessary to get a result. When you get a result, you do less.

The horse can just be a great vehicle for some people to overcome things in their life that they might not be able to overcome otherwise.

What is knowledge, if it does to shape our conduct?

Perhaps family itself, like beauty, is temporary, and no discredit need attach to impermanence.

We’re depriving our kids of the chance to do the work of life for themselves.

We've gotten so far away from our food source. It's been hijacked from us. But if you get soil, plant something in it and water it, you can feed yourself. It's that simple.

I had the taste of blood and chocolate in my mouth, one as hated as the other.

The fact of the matter is that, for years, the restaurant and service industry has been, to a great extent, built on the backs of often underpaid immigrants of often dubious legal status.

Passion, manners, and 80 ounces of beer will win the heart of any woman. And if it doesn't, you'll be too hammered to remember.

I have always been attracted to Australians and Australia.

I would never abdicate, nor would I expect any other governor to abdicate, the responsibility to protect the people of my state.

Though progress starts with the imagination, only work can make things happen. And work itself works best when fueled, again by the imagination.