Podhajsky Quotes

#1. ...the horse is by no means a 'wild beast' or a stupid animal as sometimes described by thoughtless persons.

Alois Podhajsky

#2. Wore out from all that, I did what we call shilly-shally. Poking round up to no good.

Sue Monk Kidd

#3. Theory without practice is of little value, whereas practice is the proof of theory.Theory is the knowledge, practice the ability.

Alois Podhajsky

#4. Everybody's got something weird about them, I said.

Haruki Murakami

#5. To give an extra dimension to the scolding she gave me: The word "twerp" was freshly coined in those days, and had a specific definition - it was a person, if I may be forgiven, who bit the bubbles of his own farts in a bathtub.

Kurt Vonnegut

#6. SAUL: 'We made love outdoors, my favorite place to make love, assuming the weather be fair and balmy, and the earth beneath be clean. Our souls intertwined and dripping with sweat.

Roman Payne

#7. Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.

Ingrid Newkirk

#8. Whenever difficulties appear, the rider must ask himself: does the horse not want execute my demands, does he not understand what I want, or is he physically unable to carry them out? The rider's conscience must find the answer.

Alois Podhajsky

#9. The appeal of writing is primarily the investigation of mystery.

Joyce Carol Oates

#10. Nature can exist without Art, but Art can never exist without Nature.

Alois Podhajsky

#11. A photograph is usually looked at- seldom looked into.

Ansel Adams

#12. The objective of the Classical Art of Riding is to train the horse not only to be brilliant in the movements and the exercises of the High School but also to be quiet, supple and obedient and by his smooth movements to make riding a true pleasure

Alois Podhajsky

#13. There is one principle that should never be abandoned, namely, that the rider must learn to control himself before he can control his horse. This is the basic, most important principle to be preserved in equitation.

Alois Podhajsky