Derby Quotes
33 quotes by 32 authors
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I'm still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People…
— Mel Brooks
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I thought I would dress in baggy pants, big shoes, a cane and a derby hat. everything a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight,…
— Charlie Chaplin
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That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat…
— Charlie Chaplin
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The Merseyside derby games are unique in the city.
— Brendan Rodgers
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So down thy hill, romantic Ashbourn, glides The Derby dilly, carrying three INSIDES.
— George Canning
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If Jack Nicklaus can win the Masters at 46, I can win the Kentucky Derby at 54.
— Bill Shoemaker
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Chesterfield 1, Chester 1. Another score draw in the local derby
— Des Lynam
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After winning the Derby aged just 18-Why all the fuss? After all, the Derby is just another race.
— Lester Piggott
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Should I marry W? Not if she won't tell me the other letters in her name. And what about her career? How can I ask…
— Woody Allen
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The best bet for the horses would be to stop betting on the Derby and other horse races, and to stop breeding, racing and killing…
— Ingrid Newkirk
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The Thoroughbred exists because its selection has depended, not on experts, technicians, or zoologists, but on a piece of wood: the winning post of the…
— Federico Tesio
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He is as much a part of the Derby tradition as the Twin Spires themselves
— John Mallory Asher
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The Manchester Derby is bigger and more important than El Classico.
— Diego Maradona
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Storing your car in New York is safer than entering it in a demolition derby. But not much.
— Daniel S. Greenberg
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It is a human demolition derby!
— Jim Ross
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In some circles, the Mint 400 is a far, far better thing than the Superbowl, the Kentucky Derby, and the lower Oakland roller derby finals…
— Hunter S. Thompson
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As a young boy I won a few dollars in 1972 when Riva Ridge won the Kentucky Derby. I had overheard someone say he was…
— Matt Gonzalez
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Marcel Desailly was pretty hard when I played against him in a Milan derby.
— Paul Ince
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Suddenly, I win the derby and people are talking about England again. It is absolutely pathetic
— Stuart Pearce
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I was a 'Laurel and Hardy' nut. I got to know Laurel at the end of his life, and it was a great thrill for…
— Dick Van Dyke
Who Wrote These Derby Quotes
32 authors contributed a total of 33 Derby Quotes, led by these top contributors: