A Quote by John Heywood

It's no use closing the barn door after the horse is gone.

John Heywood

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After Barn Closing Door Gone Horse Use

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John Heywood
English - Dramatist
1497 - 1580

That would be locking the horse after the stable door is gone, a very foolish thing to do.

Patrick O'Brian

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.

Andy Rooney

The history of government regulation of food safety is one of government watchdogs chasing the horse after it's out of the barn.

David Aaron Kessler

For me, university was just awful because it was closing one door after the other of all these candy shops of professional possibilities.

Richard Powers

The only pressure that you use in a professional selling presentation is the presence of silence after the closing question.

Brian Tracy

I wouldn't touch Chimbonda with a barn door

Alan Brazil

My second job has been to try to use my power to create institutions of a modern state that could enter the European Union, and there was very little time. The door was closing, and I wanted to get Bosnia through before it shut.

Paddy Ashdown

There is no soul; there is only consciousness, the highest thing man ever has! Losing the conscious means to die! Death is not a door; when our conscious is gone, all is gone! Only the existence has the doors! Only the life presents you doors! You can save yourself only when you are alive, not after because there is no after! The first step for salvation is to know this simple truth!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

He [the cat] liked to peep into the refrigerator and risk having his head shut in by the closing door. He also climbed to the top of the stove, discontinuing the practice after he singed his tail.

Lloyd Alexander

Alistair Crowley used to define magic as anything in which you can exercise your will in the world through the use of your mind. So what's the magical way of opening or closing that door? Well, to will your body to stand up and close or open that door, that's magic. With the iPhone, it's like you put your intent into it, and it helps you exercise that intent in the world.

Jason Silva

Everyone I have lost in the closing of a door the click of the lock is not forgotten, they do not die but remain within the soft edges of the earth, the ash of house fires and cancer in sin and forgiveness huddled under old blankets dreaming their way into my hands, my heart closing tight like fists. - "Indian Boy Love Song #1

Sherman Alexie

My favourite thing is to do crossword puzzles. I do the 'New York Times' one every morning. Then I go to the barn to see my horse.

Amber Heard

Unfortunately, at this moment in time, Robbie Keane can't hit a barn door for us.

Steve Staunton

No is always a door-closing word; Yes is a door-opening word.

Thomas Dreier

Leisure is gone,--gone where the spinning-wheels are gone, and the pack-horses, and the slow wagons, and the peddlers, who brought bargains to the door on sunny afternoons.

George Eliot

I compare myself to a good barn. You can have a good barn, and if you paint it, it looks a little better. But if you take the paint off, it's still a good barn.

Dolly Parton

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