Quotes About Trot

A few minutes later, she was once again riding her own horse. Deciding to take the lead, she nudged the mare into a trot, and as she passed Brodick and Ramsey, she called out, You used trickery. Yes, I did, he admitted. Are you angry with me? She laughed again. I don't get angry. I get even. Unbeknownst to her, she had just recited the Buchanan creed.

It was a matter of principle, or perhaps of honour, with Brother Cadfael, when a door opened before him suddenly and unexpectedly, to accept the offer and walk through it. He did so with even more alacrity if the door opened on a prospect of Wales; it might even be said that he broke into a trot, in case the door slammed again on that enchanting view.

These are the hermit crabs, said one of the mermaids. They steal these shells and live in them so no enemies can attack them. Don't they get lonesome? asked Trot. Perhaps so, my dear. But they do not seem to mind being lonesome. They are great cowards, and think if they can but protect their lives there is nothing else to care for.

My dad likes to tease me over this. We weren't there at Fenway, and it wasn't a consequential game, but Trot Nixon let a ball go through his legs, and from that moment on, I hated Trot Nixon. Really irrational. Based in nothing. But did not like him.

So she set the little creature down, and felt quite relieved to see it trot away quietly into the wood. 'If it had grown up,' she said to herself, 'it would have made a dreadfully ugly child: but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.

I hope you will grow up gentle and good, and never learn bad ways; do your work with a good will, lift your feet up well when you trot, and never bite or kick even in play.

Mounted infantry can't force each other to fight, because the other side can just trot off. But we can make him fight, because we don't have to stop and get off our horses to shoot.

I had good and bad seasons for Essex. I was a real form player: if I got on a run, I was happy and confident, but if I had a bad trot, I was far too analytical of my game, worried about it too much and my form got worse.

Dogs display reluctance and wrath If you try to give them a bath. They bury bones in hideaways And half the time they trot sideaways.

There's nothing more distasteful than an academic having to, like, trot out his credentials. You really come off as a jerk when you do that.

I once said to a woman in a bar, "What's your name?" She said, "Don't even bother." I said, "Is that an Indian name, because I'd like to meet Hot to Trot. Is she here?"

She dared not ask Arsène to go more slowly for she had all the docility of the peasant woman, that docility which allows them to scold and insult the drunkard but nevertheless makes them trot at his side, adjusting their step to his.

In a mile-eating trot, I moved along. I had the wind of a deer, the muscles of a country boy, a heart full of dog love, and a strong determination.

You ride like a centaur," he said tartly. "And almost stopped my heart in the process." Her eyes widened with such innocence that he knew she was baiting him. Grinning, he dismounted and opened the gate. "After what you've achieved today, I suppose you're entitled to your fun. But if I have gray hairs tomorrow, it will be your fault." She took off for home at an easy trot, her enchanting laughter floating behind her.