If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride


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If wishes were horses then beggars would ride.
SOURCE UNKNOWN
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
JAMES HALLIWELL
If wishes were horses," she murmured, "beggars would ride.
JENNIFER HAYMORE
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. - Nursery Rhymes of England, 1844.
JAMES HALLIWELL
If wishes were horses, beggers would ride
JOANNE HARRIS
If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride.
DOUG HORTON
If wishes were fishes, even beggars would eat
LILI ST. CROW
If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride.
DOUGLAS HORTON
My dad was a very quiet person, and unbelievably tough. But my grandmother gave me my first look at ...
BOBBY KNIGHT
I ride horses, I love horses, I've owned horses.
PIERCE BROSNAN
One of the saddest lines in the world is, 'Oh come now - be realistic.' The best parts of this world...
RICHARD A. NELSON
We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted.
AESOP
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
AESOP
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
WOODY ALLEN
Italy, a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the proverb goes
ROBERT BURTON
One of the saddest lines in the world is, 'Oh come now - be realistic.' The best parts of thi...
RICHARD NELSON BOLLES
If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.
NOAM CHOMSKY
I used to ride horses when I was younger. Ponies were my life. I miss being fearless.
TALULAH RILEY
If this were a logical world, men would ride side saddle.
RITA MAE BROWN
If the world were a logical place, men would ride sidesaddle.
RITA MAE BROWN
And I ride horses, swim, do a lot of reading, writing.
CASPER VAN DIEN
If the Nuremberg laws were applied today, then every Post-War American president would have to be ha...
AVRAM NOAM CHOMSKY
If all of our wishes were gratified, many of our dreams would be destroyed.
SOURCE UNKNOWN
If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle.
RITA MAE BROWN
If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle
RITA MAE BROWN
If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.
RITA MAE BROWN
Girls who ride horses don't necessarily have big behinds.
ANN MOORE
I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the...
NOAM CHOMSKY
People tell me how great it must have been to ride horses and stuff. Well, do it for two days straig...
ARTHUR SLADE
I'm in semi-retirement, but what am I going to retire to? I don't ride horses, I don't g...
PAT MORITA
I gallop and jump and ride young horses with intense pleasure.
JANE SMILEY
I love to ride horses, hike in the woods with Juliette and appraise Longhorns.
JANINE TURNER
I loved to get all dusty and ride horses and plant potatoes and cotton.
DOROTHY MALONE
I ride horses once in a while, but I'm no expert. I hold on for dear life.
EMILY ROBISON
Horses are like people - they have different personalities. They can be nice, friendly and hard-work...
TONY MCCOY
If God grants me three wishes,I would ask for 1.I have to feel the pain of the brokenhearted as mine...
JOSEPH BOAZ
If they were going to make us jump our horses that much I would have liked to not have the horses th...
NORMAN DELLO JOIO
If Wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets.
FRANK HERBERT
No wonder he was so good with horses, I thought blearily, feeling his fingers rubbing gently behind ...
DIANA GABALDON
If I correctly understand the goal of American policy, one wishes Russia to be a partner.
GERHARD SCHRODER
Better ride safe in the dark, says the proverb, than in the daylight with a cut-throat at your elbow
SIR WALTER SCOTT
But if cattle and horses or lions had hands, or were able to draw with their hands and do the work t...
XENOPHANES
If cattle and horses, or lions, had hands, or were able to draw with their feet and produce the work...
XENOPHANES
If I keep a green bough in my heart, then the singing bird will come. -Chinese proverb.
CHINESE PROVERB
Treat your thoughts as if they were guests and wishes as if they were children.
VIKRANT PARSAI
They can't fly in trainers to ride their horses. It's just a whole different concept.
LARRY LARSON
Anytime I can sneak in a moment to fish and ride horses, I'm a happy camper.
GEORGE FOREMAN
I like very much to ride horses. I like soccer, I have had a passion for boxing since I was a child,...
ANDREA BOCELLI
I love to play games. I really like football, and I also like to ride horses.
MARY-KATE OLSEN
When we are young we squander time as though it were unlimited; When we grow older, then like beggar...
NANETTE L. AVERY
If wishes were filet mignon, we'd always eat well at dinner
DEAN KOONTZ
If the ride is more fly, then you must buy.
SNOOP DOGG
For it is not needful, to use a common proverb, that one should drink up the ocean who wishes to lea...
IRENAEUS OF LYONS
If you want your wishes to be fulfilled then bring the level of your effort up to the level of your ...
TABISH AHMED SHAH
I can ride horses. And I read a lot. But that's kind of it. I think it's enough.
ALICE ENGLERT
We have the great opportunity to enjoy Idaho, ride in pickup trucks, ride horses and chase cows, and...
CHRISTINE KING
If I were a Wild West cowboy, I wouldn’t ride a horse—I’d ride a wheelchair. More romantic.
JAROD KINTZ
If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
I've always fantasized about being on TV. And I was. Then I fantasized about being in the movies...
NATHAN FILLION
Sometimes, lies were the same things as wishes. Sometimes, wishes were things to hate.
SHANNON A. THOMPSON
If life were easy, then it would be boring.
CHARLES BECK
I'm an equestrian, so I like to ride. Ride horses, I love to hike with my dog, love to travel. Most ...
KRISTANNA LOKEN
I cycle, I take an hour's strenuous walk in the evening, I play tennis twice a week with a train...
JONATHAN DIMBLEBY
I love Spain. I go back two or three times a year usually to visit friends and ride horses.
BO DEREK
I am very active, ... I like to ride horses. I golf. I perform onstage. I am a madman onstage.
CLAY WALKER
He would start and a scene would just take off and you were there for the ride.
BARBARA FELDON
If wishes would prevail with me, my purpose should not fail with me.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.
HENRY FORD
My grandpa would come in with water and flick it on our faces at 6 A.M. and be like, 'If you don...
CAM
Sunday, that was our "fun day". After Sunday school a group of boys that lived around Purdy, would m...
JOE DAVIS
The corncob was the central object of my life. My father was a horse handler, first trotting and pac...
PAUL ENGLE
If wishes were held on the skin and swiped by raindrops, then emotions were freeloading off the cell...
AMY GUTH
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
If I could grant wishes do you think I would be driving a cab?
NEIL GAIMAN
If wishes came true it wouldn't eradicate poverty; some would still wish others poor.
KEVIN I.E2 GBOBOH
African-American history is not something that can be put on display solely during the month of Febr...
ROBERT HALL
We don't just ride, we work and condition our horses. So an indoor arena is an absolute necessity in...
BRENDA WENDT
I could talk to him. He would ride in my car. We were really buddies.
CARLOS CHITTY
If women were in charge of everything, there would be women tyrants. If black people were in charge,...
CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTES
We speak of waves in a storm as "sea horses." Like wild horses, impetuous and irresistible, a man ca...
JOHN LAYARD
If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I wou...
HENRY JAMES
Country pleasure would be like what you would see on a country lane — people just going out for a r...
LINDA KERN
This is a dream come true for me. I wanted to build a challenging trail that would test these riders...
CRAIG CAMERON
I want to get up and ride my horses, do what I love doing. I don't want to be recognised.
CHARLOTTE DUJARDIN
If I were to limit myself to the opportunities that were presented playing only Chinese-American par...
B. D. WONG
If hard work were really a virtue, then mules would be saints.
JAMES DEE RICHARDSON
If all we had were roses, would the thorns then be beautiful?
KAMAND KOJOURI
We would save up our money, then we'd ride our bikes to the hardware store and buy nails.
MINDY HALL
The best way to check what you want is to first imagine that you have nothing and then check if the ...
VIKRMN
I imagine what would happen if everyone turned their regrets into wishes, went around shouting them.
NINA LACOUR
The government sends low-flying helicopters to chase the horses into corrals and then takes them fro...
JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL
I grew up riding when I was younger in Texas. I actually learned how to ride in Norway. I really lov...
JACKSON RATHBONE
I want to do a Western so bad because I want to ride horses and act. Those are two of my favorite th...
EMILY ROSE
So, if I were arrested or if I were killed, then after me the issues that American fears about me wo...
MUQTADA AL SADR
If I didn't know better, I would think that you were just making definitions up in an ad hoc manner ...
GREG ERWIN
It would happen, even if the guy were Italian. But the very fact that the guy is American is just in...
ANDREI MARKOVITS
Politics is a rotten egg; if broken, it stinks. Russian proverb
RUSSIAN PROVERB
If great intellectual powerhouse is a qualification to be a member of the court and represent the Am...
DAN COATS
If you can’t pioneer new roads, then pioneer a new journey and sell tickets to the ride...
SHANE J VAN DER VELDE
If my father's son can become President of these United States, then your father's son can become an...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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