A bull will try to outwit you. It will stop and hook when the last thing you expect from it is that… — Bette Ford Bulls Copy Share Image
For me, bullfighting was this very spiritual engagement with power, with power and death. You're pitting yourself against a force that's stronger… — Bette Ford Bullfighting Copy Share Image
Madrid reacting with the forceful protection of bullfighting as an art form is an example of the survival of the old values. — Bette Ford Art Copy Share Image
It's almost impossible to imagine bullfighting abolished from Spain entirely. Values do change, though. — Bette Ford Bullfighting Copy Share Image
Acting requires focus, too, but acting doesn't, you might say, demand focus. When you're in the ring you don't even have to… — Bette Ford Acting Copy Share Image
My own experience has taught me not to underestimate the power of those who protest against cruelty. I'd also say that there… — Bette Ford Animal Copy Share Image
Bullfighting has some of the elements of a sport or contest, and in the United States most people think of it as… — Bette Ford Bowls Copy Share Image
In one era the majority puts its faith and sympathy with the bullfighter, in another with the bull. — Bette Ford Bulls Copy Share Image
I'm good at killing, I'm known as a bullfighter who kills well, and that I can kill well, that I can compete… — Bette Ford Give me Copy Share Image
One of the things I've been thinking about lately is how the change in values makes the survival of the old values,… — Bette Ford Bullfighting Copy Share Image
I never took pleasure in seeing a bull die. Relief, but certainly not pleasure. — Bette Ford Bulls Copy Share Image
Bullfighting is anachronistic - you enter into a bullring and you're leaving behind the values of the world outside the ring. I… — Bette Ford Acknowledge Copy Share Image
I was a bullfighter. I'd like to see the tradition continue. I'm sorry that Catalonia is robbing itself of a tradition that… — Bette Ford Catalonia Copy Share Image
Animals are complicated and so is the animal-rights opposition. It's hard to read motives in animals, and hard to read motives in… — Bette Ford Animal Copy Share Image
I don't believe that anyone connected with bullfighting would deny that what happens in the ring has an element of suffering and… — Bette Ford Believe Copy Share Image
In fighting a bull you're always aware of a paradox concerning your perceptions of the bull. On the one hand it's your… — Bette Ford Accuracy Copy Share Image
You kill, it's part of your world as a bullfighter, it's a natural part of your world, and then you leave that… — Bette Ford Natural Copy Share Image
