“Kind treatment makes good horses, Joe. Bad treatment ruins them.”
Jim Carter - John Manly

When we address someone with respect, we are more often than likely to get respect - not always, but more often than you think, and if you're smart, that ought to be enough. Common courtesy - "please", "thank you", "excuse me"... magical words, magical words.
Sir Sidney Poitier - Mark Thackeray

“- Lampy: You were never this nice to him before, and all of a sudden now you're nice to him all the time, and I don't know. I'm, uh, I'm just trying to understand, trying to figure out what it all means.
- Toaster: Well, it's kind of hard to describe. It's like being next to a new loaf of bread.”

Timothy Stack - Lampy
Deanna Oliver - Toaster

“Let me put it this way. My horse is definitely not my best friend.”
Owen Wilson - Roy O'Bannon

“The horse is too small, the jockey too big, the trainer too old, and I'm too dumb to know the difference.”
Jeff Bridges - Charles Howard