Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ambrose Bierce

Human nature is pretty well balanced; for every lacking virtue there is a rough substitute that will serve at a pinch--as cunning is the wisdom of the unwise, and ferocity the courage of the coward.

Ambrose Bierce

Economy, n. Purchasing the barrel of whiskey that you do not need for the price of the cow that you cannot afford.

Anthony Marra

You are a coward,' she said, and with that one word wrote a denunciation, a biography, and a prophecy.

Man, he gets ridden more than a cowboy riding his horse.

Tim Hansel

One definition of a coward is simply, someone who makes a lot of excuses. Most of us have enough excuses to last a lifetime. The sooner we let go of them and get on with living, the better off we are.

Elbert Hubbard

Politicians regard the public as a cow to be milked

Edward Abbey

A cowboy is a farm boy in leather britches and a comical hat.

Edward Abbey

I always wanted to be a cowboy. But alas! I was burdened early with certain inescapable obligations to world literature.

Edward Abbey

Cowboys make better lovers: Ask any cow.

Edward Abbey

The sexual revolution transformed the American West: Now even cowboys can get laid.

Eddie Sutton

Always have faith in God, Yourself and the Cowboys.

Now, whether there are other issues as to it relates to issues like drinking and partying and those things, I've got no clue. But if it relates to sexual assault, they can search 'til the cows come home.

Larry McMurtry

Perhaps the truth really is, Americans don?t want cowboys to be gay.

Emily Bronte

No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere; I see Heaven's glories shine, And, Faith shines equal, arming me from Fear

Travis Fimmel

Patrick Swayze is a fantastic man and an inspiration to work with. He is a fearless cowboy type and a movie icon.

What we'd like to do is encourage Cowboys fans to turn down the TV sound and listen to our flagship radio station. Just like on game day.

Brent Weeks

The truth was, Azoth hated Azoth. Azoth was a coward, passive, weak, afraid, disloyal. Azoth had hesitated. Master Blint didn’t know it, but the poisons on the needle had killed Azoth. He was Kylar now, and Kylar would be everything Azoth hadn’t dared to be.

Patrick Manning

We know when a man can't milk a cow and this man can't milk a cow,

Ian Frazier

I think Indians dress better than anyone, but I don't want to imitate more than a detail or two; I prefer my clothes humdrum and inconspicuous, and a cowboy hat just doesn't work for me.

Eliot Engel

The free nations of the world will not be pushed around by terrorist cowards whose goal is to spread fear and destruction and destroy our liberty and way of life.

Tim O'Brien

I've been surprised by Austin. I had a cowboy image of the place. It's a pretty sophisticated city - in some ways, more sophisticated than Boston. And there's a lighter feel to the place. It's very good for my spirits.

Bill Watterson

Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said, "I think I'll drink whatever comes out of these things when I squeeze 'em!"?

Who was the first guy that look at a cow and said," I think that I'll drink whatever comes out of those things when I squeeze them?

Bill Watterson

The more you think about things, the weirder they seem. Take this milk. Why do we drink *cow* milk?? Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said, I think I'll drink whatever comes out of these things when I squeeze 'em!? - Calvin and Hobbes

Jools Holland

At 11, I went to live with my maternal nan and granddad temporarily, after my parents separated, and Nan would let me have a go on her piano. My grandparents were like something out of the Noel Coward play, 'This Happy Breed,' and it was magical to hear them sing music-hall songs.

Daunte Culpepper couldn't hit a sleeping cow with a 10-yard pass, unless that sleeping cow happened to be wearing an opposing uniform, which rarely happens. Culpepper has thrown eight interceptions and no touchdowns. This can only mean one thing in Randy Moss's house: Smoke 'em if you've got 'em.

It's one of those masculine paradigms - the pirate - like the cowboy and the all-American prep, that crops up from time to time in men's fashion. They do get kind of recycled.

Ricardo Mayorga

I'm not going to be a coward and make excuses like a lot of fighters when they lose. Whatever the reason, I lost the fight.

I met a guy there who does a western cowboy program, and I thought that was something maybe we could do, too. I approached James with the idea and we decided to try it.

Mike Fisher

I labeled him 'InfalliBill' because of our unwillingness to prod and push for answers. Fans are the stockholders of Cowboys Inc. The media is supposed to be the conduit. But InfalliBill has manipulated us in such a way that we show up to his orchestrated press conferences and do nothing more than cozy up to him. We swoon and spoon. It's all very romantic.

Kevin Costner

These older and wiser guys are digging, trying to get a wagon wheel out of the mud after a storm, and the two younger cowboys -- who are supposed to be helping -- are doing nothing -- just like boys will tend to do, ... It's things like that, that make a movie real.

Everyone is nice till the cow gets into the garden

I wanted to share the story of my own experiences as a cowboy kid,