Famous Quotes & Sayings

Michael Specter

I moved from Moscow to Rome with my family and two bicycles in 1998, and spent a lot of that year- and the next - obsessed, I am sorry to admit, with the bicycles. Italy, after all, was a place where thousands of middle-aged men felt perfectly comfortable spending many hours a week in brightly colored spandex.

Joseph Lowery

When we got to Washington that day and discovered people coming in trucks and buses and on planes, in cars, even some came on bicycles and skates -- we were overwhelmed by that response,

John Kim

U-life will become its own brand, its own lifestyle. The same key can be used to get on the subway, pay a parking meter, see a movie, borrow a free public bicycle and so on. It'll be anonymous, won't be linked to your identity, and if lost you can quickly cancel the card and reset your door lock.

Most of the time we have to watch for children. Children are going to be crossing the roads. Children are also going to be crossing with bicycles and that's also a concern in the summertime and when the weather's nice.

We have items donated from all over the area. We have a wide range of things including knives, tires, gift certificates, bicycles and tons of toys.

Many people who live not real close to Concord Park take their bicycles over there and watch the fireworks on July Fourth.

William Golding

The journey of life is like a man riding a bicycle. We know he got on the bicycle and started to move. We know that at some point he will stop and get off. We know that if he stops moving and does not get off he will fall off.

Sunil Mittal

My first venture was to trade bicycle parts and hosiery yarn. The initial days proved to be difficult, and I earned very little from my business. But I kept at it. Each day, when I retired for the night, I told myself that money would come in the next day.

My main form of transportation at that time was a bicycle, because bicycles could move though the crowd.

Judi Dench

Because, you know, I can't work a bicycle pump.

C. Thomas Howell

My father got a phone call to bring me in to meet with Spielberg for 'E.T.,' partially because they knew I was a physical kid, and I was known in the business somewhat as a stunt kid, and I could do all the bicycle riding.

Marcelo Balboa

If I happen to do (a bicycle kick), it'll probably be the last thing I do on the field, because I won't be able to move afterwards,

I did not feel like we came out and played with the necessary intensity in the first half. The Kings scored on a pair of excellent plays. One guy scored from 40 yards out and another on a bicycle kick. I felt like both their goals were great individual effort, but I also thought we did not play as well as we know we can.

I was into mountain bikes and breaking them all the time. He was my bicycle counselor. He was like the priest: the bicycle priest.

He rides a bicycle and wears slippers around campus.

David Hoffman

We've gone from 50 to 60 bicycle commuters Downtown in 2002 to several hundred in 2005. We've also gotten lots more requests for information on cycling in the city.

The owner decided to offer more upscale bicycles of $500 or more. He changed his product line and did very well. That's how he reacted and he did well.

He won really well last time but it was a bicycle race in the soft. We didn't learn a lot. If he wins well, we might consider the St Leger.

Paul Mitchell

Fortunately there were no pedestrians or children or bicycles on top of the transformer at the time of the failure,

We all saw the evacuation of Houston during the hurricane. In the exodus from Paris, five million people hit the road in fear of the impending battle. After the French surrendered without a defense of Paris, many moved back. For me, the drama was that evacuation. I could not get the image of two people on bicycles in that flood of refugees out of my head.

Paul Scott

There is nothing like walking to get the feel of a country. A fine landscape is like a piece of music; it must be taken at the right tempo. Even a bicycle goes too fast.

Marriage is a wonderful invention, but, then again, so is a bicycle repair kit!

August Krogh

It is no doubt technically possible to study metabolism and respiration of fishes during swimming at a constant rate, and of certain insects and birds during flight, and to obtain information similar to that obtained on man during work on a bicycle ergometer or a treadmill.

When the car's getting ready to turn at the first stop light, the bicycle will have already made it to the first stop.

That section of road is within the city limits, but the roadway we are talking about is (Florida) Department of Transportation property. The DOT has already posted signs that prohibit bicycles and pedestrians from being on the span of bridge that's the Fourth Street exit off of I-275. And after taking a look at the area, I can see that people fishing there could be a real hazard, so they (DOT officials) probably need to post no fishing signs there so that it's a very clear message.

There was actually a noticeable difference, and if you stop to think about it, it's a bicycle and you've got this wheel, like a gyroscope in a way.

This individual was actually the one who contacted investigators on the scene the morning of the fire and gave a statement that he was riding by on his bicycle by the home and saw the mother screaming from the second story window,

They tried to ride faster to get away from him. He pulled in front of her with his bicycle and cut her off.

Carlos Slim

You need to support human development and human capital as much as possible. And we've had 25 years of programs, great programs. We supported 125,000 surgeries. We fund 15,000 scholarships every year for college and higher education. We gave bicycles for rural areas. We gave laptops.

In Copenhagen, we all ride bicycles everywhere, partly because it is impossible to park a car, but also because you can cross the city in 20 minutes on a bike.

Renzo Rosso

I want to take time for myself, because all my life is ta-ta-ta-ta. So I don't want nothing special, just to breathe. I'd like to work maybe a half day and then take my bicycle and go by the riverside.

I walked into my support group meeting a few weeks ago, and I had bicycle gear on. They were just beaming at me. It was just cool.

For our customer, this is their hobby. They have bicycles instead of Porsches or golf clubs.