Motorcycling Quotes & Sayings

(knitting while on a motorcycle)
For several years she knitted in secret (my father would not approve; she was to concentrate on motorcycling and LEAN into the curves, etc), and used a small circular needle (socks and mittens) in order to keep the knitting in her pocket until they were under way; then she leaned back slightly so Gaffer couldn't feel the movement of her hands.
On the interstate one day, they were slowly passing a semi and my father happened to see the truck driver laugh and point out my mother's knitting to his passenger. Whoops- — Elizabeth Zimmermann

And me, I've got to start all over. Not only build a new life, but construct a new person. I call my old self "that other guy," for I share nothing but his memories, and everything he ever liked I've had to discover all over again, one by one, so that I've held on to, for example, reading, motorcycling, and birdwatching, but I'm not yet sure about art or music (I can look at it or listen to it, but not with the same "engagement" I used to), and I have no interest in work, charity, world events, or anybody I don't know. In my present gypsy life, I encounter a lot of people every day, and some of them I instinctively like and respond to in a brief encounter at a gas station or small-town diner, but for the most part I look around at ugly and mean-spirited people and think, "Why are you alive? — Neil Peart

And then, when I thought about joining the Air Force, flying seemed like a natural extension of the motorcycling experience. You're going faster, higher. You're operating a machine that's a lot more powerful than you are. — Duane G. Carey

Divide and conquer. That's my new family motto — Colleen Hoover

If I were, to pick out the most valuable personal traits of a fighter pilot, aggressiveness would rate high on the list. Time and again, I have seen aggressive action, even from a disadvantageous position, completely rout a powerful Nip formation. — Charles H. MacDonald

Simplicity. Ah, that I can offer in abundance. — Philippa Gregory

Animals travel on all fours. Mankind on two. Motorcycling is not a means of transport but an ideology, a nomadic way of life. — Amit Reddy

I'm a London lad, but I'm fascinated by America. I want to take a motorcycling trip across the country and see those wide open spaces. — Charlie Cox

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it quarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me. — Ann Landers

Japa, Bhajana and Kirtana are superficial to the extent that we are not humble. — Radhanath Swami

Within the nature of God is a strength that is fashioned in His perfection. Strength flows from the fountain of God's integrity. Honest people are the strongest people. — James MacDonald

Even when people can't speak your language,
they can tell if you have love in your heart. — Pat Nixon

I think legislative assaults on motorcyclists are totally emotionally, disproportionate and totally unfair ... they're instigated and implemented by people who know nothing about motorcycling, but have a prejudice. It's easy to curb the freedoms of others when you see no immediate impact on your own. — Malcolm Forbes

Nobody within motorcycling has or deserves any respect. — Barry Sheene

I don't know which is worse - that Raffe didn't jump in to defend me, or that he bet that I would lose. — Susan Ee

One of the things that make motorcycling so great is because it never fails to give you a feeling of freedom and adventure. — Steve McQueen

The two had been together since they were little girls, and so loved and hated each other like sisters. — Christopher Moore