Bicycle Thief Quotes & Sayings

You want to be very careful about lying; otherwise you are nearly sure to get caught. — Mark Twain

You make a film and always hope you're going make "Citizen Kane" or "The Bicycle Thief." You make the film, and for one reason or another, one clicks and one doesn't, but it's out of your control completely. — Woody Allen

Bicycle Thief is a triumphant discovery of the fundamentals of cinema, and De Sica has openly acknowledged his debt to Chaplin. — Satyajit Ray

It wasn't my childhood fantasy to work with Truffaut or be in obscure films. I like Midnight Run better than I like The Bicycle Thief. It was films like Die Hard and Bladerunner that made me want to be an actor. — Ben Affleck

The older I get, the better I used to be. — R.A. Long

On my twelfth birthday, I got a new bicycle as a present from my folks, and I rode it to a fair that was being held at the Columbia Gymnasium, and when I come out, my bike was gone. I was so mad I was crying, and a policeman, Joe Martin, come up and I told him I was going to whip whoever took my bike. He said I ought to take some boxing lessons to learn how to whip the thief better, and I did. That's when I started fighting. — Muhammad Ali

Death: the anaesthetic from which none come round. — Philip Larkin

I've lost all my money on these films. They are not commercial. But I'm glad to lose it this way. To have for a souvenir of my life pictures like Umberto D. and The Bicycle Thief. — Vittorio De Sica

I've never been a social person. When I grew up, the other girls would all be combing their hair and exchanging lipstick, and I just couldn't do that group thing. — Annie Lennox

I think you're beautiful always and forever. — E. Lockhart

Love knows no winter; no, no! It is, and remains the sign of spring. — Johann Ludwig Tieck

You can't really call yourselves giant-killers any more, as you kill giants so often. — Bryon Butler

At least this way we're safe in a room with a door that locks. And the sign says they have HBO."
That stands for Horrible Bloody Ohmygod." Eve said. "which is the way they kill you. When you think you're safe. — Rachel Caine

My theory was that if you spent such a big portion of your life being a snob, you were not allowed to be surprised when people start wishing you dead. — Chrissy Moon