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"At the opera in Milan with my daughter and me, Needleman leaned out of his box and fell into the orchestra pit. Too proud to admit it was a mistake, he attended the opera every night for a month and repeated it each time." »Woody Allen
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"horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people." »W. C. Fields
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"A horse is a horse,it ain´t make a difference what color it is" »John Wayne
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"A horse a horse my kingdom for a horse" »William Shakespeare
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"A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!" »William Shakespeare, "King Richard III", Act 5 scene 4
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"History is a living horse laughing at a wooden horse. History is a wind blowing where it listeth. History is no sure thing to bet on. History is a box of tricks with a lost key. History is a labyrinth of doors with sliding panels, a book of ciphers with the code in a cave of the Saragossa sea. History says, if it pleases, Excuse me, I beg your pardon, it will never happen again if I can help it." »Carl Sandburg
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"For the want of a nail, the shoe was lose; for the want of a shoe the horse was lose; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail." »Benjamin Franklin
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"Bed is the poor man's opera." »Italian Proverb
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"How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers." »Gioacchino Rosini
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"Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it." »Hannah More, 1775
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"The opera isn't over till the fat lady sings." »Dan Cook
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"No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible." »W. H. Auden
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"opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings." »Ed Gardner
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"I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes I bet you can really see it in those genitals." »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
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"opera in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian." »H. L. Mencken
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"Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it, and that a very severe one." »Hannah Moore
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"When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance." »Victor Borge
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"I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand." »Sir Edward Appleton
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"In how many lives does love really play a dominant part The average taxpayer is no more capable of the grand passion than of a grand opera." »Israel Zangwill
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"Never look a gift horse in the mouth." »Saint Jerome
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"Fix this sentence: He put the horse before the cart." »Stephen Price
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"Judge not the horse by his saddle." »Chinese Proverb
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"A camel is a horse designed by committee." »Sir Alec Issigonis
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"It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats." »Assyrian Proverb
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"If you're a horse, and someone gets on you, and falls off, and then gets right back on you, I think you should buck him off right away." »Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
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"It is the difference of opinion that makes horse races." »Mark Twain
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"A man may well bring a horse to the water but he cannot make him drink." »John Heywood
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"Paying alimony is like feeding hay to a dead horse." »Groucho Marx
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"Alimony is like buying oats for a dead horse." »Arthur Baer
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"horse sense is what keeps horses from betting on people." »Joe Moore
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