Bike Quotes - Page 5

• But I was very, very lucky, and it was a wake up call as far as motorbikes are concerned. I never flirted with death on the bike, but now I'm totally convinced they're death machines.

  Liam Neeson

  Flirting, Lucky, Wake Up

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• This is exactly how falling in love should be in my opinion. It should be scary yet unflinching. We should fear it but know that it's worth the risk and we should throw ourselves full throttle into the darkness with nothing but hope to guide us. And, like learning to ride a bike, once we learn to love we never forget how and it seems we only become

  Neltje Blanchan

  Falling In Love, Romantic Love, Scary

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• After my career is over, I want to have a dirt bike track at my house and ride.

  Virgil Green

  Careers, Track, House

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• The bike accident caused me to start talking about spiritual truths. This accident - where I faced my own death - compelled me to talk about these truths and try to make a movie about them.

  Tom Shadyac

  Spiritual, Talking, Trying

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• I've almost been hit by a lot of things in New York City. I am pretty sure I have almost been hit by a bike messenger before.

  Sasha Pieterse

  New York, Cities, Messengers

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Nowadays it's those hedonistic wastrels who pollute the air so that they can look at some pretty fish in the South Seas. It would be better if we only ever rode bikes. Oh, there's always someone wagging a finger in disapproval.

  Hans von Storch

  Air, Sea, Would Be

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I am a bike enthusiast; there's a certain amount of romance to bikes. They're both beautiful and utilitarian.

  Dave Eggers

  Beautiful, Healing, Romance

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• I hear people say they're going to write. I ask, when? They give me vague statements. Indefinite plans get dubious results. When we're concrete about our writing time, it alleviates that thin constant feeling of anxiety that writers have - we're barbecuing hot dogs, riding a bike, sailing out in the bay, shopping for shoes, even helping a sick friend, but somewhere nervously at the periphery of our perception we know we belong somewhere else - at our desk!

  Natalie Goldberg

  Dog, Writing, Somewhere Else

  Natalie Goldberg (2011). “Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer’s Craft”, p.78, Open Road Media

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• Reading and gardening are really big for me, along with music and exercise. If I go more than a day or two without a run or a bike ride or something, I start to get kind of itchy and antsy.

  Mark Deklin

  Running, Reading, Exercise

  "Mark Deklin: On Love, Parenthood, and Making a Difference". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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• I think if you like somebody you have to tell them. It might be embarrassing to say it, but you will never regret stepping up. I know from personal experience, however, that you should not keep telling a girl that you like her after she tells you she isn't into it. You should not keep riding your bike by her house either.

  Donald Miller

  Girl, Regret, Thinking

  Donald Miller (2007). “Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God”, p.82, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I shot many scenes of Hamburg, albums full of postcard motifs, and I discarded almost all of them. I ride my bike through Hamburg every day. I go shopping here, I go to the doctor - and yet I no longer have the eye for telling stories about this damn city, even though I love it.

  Fatih Ak?n

  Eye, Cities, Shopping

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I have a lot of intention behind what I put out there. The reason all this stuff I do works together, the environmental and social, collaborating with ballet companies to score a show, the bike tour - all of that stuff comes together through community building with music.

  Ben Sollee

  Community, Ballet, Working Together

  "Ben Sollee Interview | Activism by cello? On a bike?". Interview with Amanda Taylor, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I loved riding bikes and horses. I was eight when I started having lessons, and when my father bought me my own horse I couldn't wait to go off on my own.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Horse, Father, Eight

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• I was a daredevil before, and after I lost my sight I was the same. I loved riding bikes, scooters and horses. I even learned to box. Muhammad Ali is my hero.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Horse, Hero, Sight

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• I'm playing golf. I ride my mountain bike. A lot. I think it's very important for me and other people my age to continue to exercise.

  George W. Bush

  Exercise, Golf, Thinking

  Source: www.aarp.org

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• When I was a kid, I would do stupid things on my bike. I'd jump any ramp, I'd jump over people, I'd jump over things - always crashing, never hurting myself badly but always wanting to take physical risks.

  Eric Bana

  Hurt, Stupid, Kids

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• When I hear people watched my film and then got on their own bikes and rode, whether a few miles or across America, to achieve their own goals - that excites me. It's the power of a story.

  Phil Keoghan

  America, Goal, People

  "Adventurer. Storyteller. Host of the Amazing Race". Interview with Zoe Kors, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. May 25, 2013.

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• I've never ridden a hog. I only have sport bikes. But that's basically how I get around L.A. Because traffic is horrendous.

  Bradley Cooper

  Sports, Traffic, Hog

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• In the old days they, the promoters, wanted more and more from me. They wanted me to jump or spill my blood and break my bones. Every time they wanted me to jump further, and further, and further. Hell, they thought my bike had wings.

  Evel Knievel

  Blood, Wings, Bones

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• I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It's the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is 'Delete.'

  Elayne Boosler

  Keys, Order, Car

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• I'm no Lance Armstrong, but I do use a bike to get from place to place in Manhattan, a little bit of Brooklyn.

  David Byrne

  Use, Manhattan, Brooklyn

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• I need to brush my teeth. And I need a shower." He grinned, hopping off the bike. "Now that is an invitation.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Teeth, Needs, Brushes

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “Silence”, p.433, Simon and Schuster

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• My son, Jett, is two, and when I was pregnant my nose got bigger, so I got a new one. Everything was bigger for a while after having Jet, but I knew I needed to be able to walk up my stairs without being winded. It took me two years to lose 60 lbs - lots of walking, bike-riding, kick-boxing and performing.

  Jill Scott

  Son, Years, Two

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• I think the other thing that's interesting about the women's peloton is that if you ask what their background is most have played college sports, and a lot of times have come off of injury and have gotten on a bike. A lot of us start post college in our mid 20's unlike in Europe where they start 10 years before that.

  Kristin Armstrong

  Sports, College, Thinking

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• Wow. Nice bike,” I said. Which was a lie. It looked like a glossy black death trap.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Nice, Lying, Black

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.86, Simon and Schuster

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