Quotes About Seabiscuit

#1. In 1938 ... the year's #1 newsmaker was not FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. Nor was it Lou Gehrig or Clark Gable. The subject of the most newspaper column inches in 1938 wasn't even a person. It was an undersized, crooked-legged racehorse named Seabiscuit.

Laura Hillenbrand

#2. after reading an article about Ulbrickson's nutritional regimen, and contemplating his boys' success, a horse trainer named Tom Smith would go in search of hay with a high calcium content for a racehorse named Seabiscuit.

Daniel James Brown

#3. I was 8 years old when I went across the street from my house to a fair, and they always had a used book sale. For a quarter I bought a book called 'Come On Seabiscuit.' I loved that book. It stayed with me all those years.

Laura Hillenbrand

#4. I just got rode like Seabiscuit, and now I'm being kicked out of this warm, comfortable bed for no good reason.

A.E. Via

#5. My father is a huge horse racing fan, so I was introduced to the sport long before 'Seabiscuit.' But the role made me an even bigger fan. Horse racing is one of my favorite sports.

Elizabeth Banks

#6. Seabiscuit took to stomping and bellowing for food day and night. His moans rang off the barn walls and worked on everyone's nerves, but no one gave in. "The whole ranch became centered on the job," Howard said. "Even the pigs quit grunting at him and the chickens kept out of his way.

Laura Hillenbrand

#7. For 'Seabiscuit', I interviewed 100 people I never met.

Laura Hillenbrand

#8. Let out of his stall with the two men standing by, Seabiscuit head-butted Howard. Smith made his case in four sentences: Get me that horse. He has real stuff in him. I can improve him. I'm positive

Laura Hillenbrand

#9. Louie and Seabiscuit were both Californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascinated. When I learned about his World War II experiences, I thought, 'If this guy is still alive, I want to meet him.'

Laura Hillenbrand

#10. I love design-based stuff. I dug it in 'Pleasantville' and dug it in 'Seabiscuit.'

Gary Ross

#11. I'll be an easier subject than Seabiscuit, because I can talk." Louis Zamperini to Laura Hillenbrand.

Laura Hillenbrand

#12. Maybe I don't really want to know what's going on. Maybe I'd rather not know. Maybe I couldn't bear to know. The Fall was a fall from innocence to knowledge.

Margaret Atwood

#13. People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.

Warren Bennis

#14. Everyone has the right to be stupid on occasion, but Comrade Macdonald abuses the privilege.

Leon Trotsky

#15. Aw, kiss him, Gwen, clamored a hundred perky eggs. Shut up, she rebuked. We don't even know him, and until moments ago we thought he was dead. That's no way to start a relationship.

Karen Marie Moning

#16. The seed of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them.

Joseph Henry

#17. Pastors spend a good bit of time helping people with their sin. Who helps them with their sin?

Johnny Hunt

#18. I don't want to hurt her, don't want her to suffer. But the truth may hurt her more. I wrap my arms, my wings, around her as her body shutters.

Christine Fonseca