Piggott Quotes & Sayings

A good jockey doesn't need orders and a bad jockey couldn't carry them out anyway; so it's best not to give them any. — Lester Piggott

Eating's going to be a whole new ball game. I may even have to buy a new pair of trousers. — Lester Piggott

And that was when Finley Declan Holliday lost his mind and unleashed hell on Brandon Wannamaker, Jeff Schultz and Troy Piggott. — Kristen Ashley

Faye closes the inch between us. "Snow angels are vastly overrated," she says. "And you could never be just a number." I'm close enough to smell her lip gloss, something fruity and sweet. My heart slams against my ribs. She's going to kiss me, right here in the bathroom. I was right. I wasn't making it all up in my head. She likes me. She wants me. — Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

I'm not a runner, and I always dreamed about just throwing on my sneakers and really knocking everyone's socks off with my joy of traversing the world by foot. — Mackenzie Davis

The roots of our grief coil so deeply into loss that death has come
to live with us like a family member who makes you happy by avoiding
you, but who is still one of the family. Our anger is a rage that
Westerners cannot understand. Our sadness can make the stones
weep. And the way we love is no exception — Susan Abulhawa

Our networks are extensive today, aided by the internet, social media and the increasingly transitory, nomadic lives we all live. — The School Of Life

On a horse that consistently hung left-The best thing you can do is put a bit of lead in his right ear, to act as a counterbalance ... with a shotgun. — Lester Piggott

The gospel will persuade no one unless it has so convicted us that we are transformed by it. — Brennan Manning

When I won the Derby on Never Say Die I went home and cut the lawn. I haven't cut the lawn since. — Lester Piggott

I haven't the slightest interest in being happy. I prefer to live life passionately, which is dangerous because you never know what might happen next. — Paulo Coelho

Jesus is the gospel-shaped King. There is no other messianic story like the one Jesus told and lived. — Scot McKnight

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Jesse squeezed her breasts ardently. "I just love your round parts, Miss Althea. They are just about the best things I ever felt in my life."
He proved his enthusiasm for them by kneading, manipulating, and caressing until Althea was standing on her tiptoes, every muscle in her body straining to give him better access.
"Oh, Miss Althea," he said finally, removing his hands from her body. "This is the most fun I ever had in my life."
He was breathing as if he'd just run up the mountain, pulling Granny Piggott on the skid. — Pamela Morsi

Don't be careful. You could hurt yourself. — Byron Katie

After winning the Derby aged just 18-Why all the fuss? After all, the Derby is just another race. — Lester Piggott

Everyone keeps asking me: 'Are you going to win?' How on earth do you know if you're going to win or not? — Lester Piggott

My characters are the family I would have if I could choose them myself. — Julie Thomas

Doorways are sacred to women for we are the doorways of life and we must choose what comes in and what goes out. — Marge Piercy

Imagination is the politics of dreams; imagination turns every word into a bottle rocket ... Imagine every day is Independence Day and save us from traveling the river changed; save us from hitchhiking the long road home. Imagine an escape. Imagine that your own shadow on the wall is a perfect door. Imagine a song stronger than penicillin. Imagine a spring with water that mends broken bones. Imagine a drum which wraps itself around your heart. Imagine a story that puts wood in the fireplace. — Sherman Alexie