Evel Knievel Quotes
You can't ask a guy like me why I performed. I really wanted to fly through the air. I was a daredevil, a performer. I loved the thrill, the money, the whole macho thing. All those things made me Evel Knievel. Sure, I was scared. You gotta be an ass not to be scared. But I beat the hell out of death.
Quotes to Explore
-
The 'We Have Overcome' generation has run out of intellectual creativity but refuses to leave the political stage.
-
It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.
-
If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably still be peddling jewelry or be in the sugar mills somewhere.
-
If God has allowed me to earn so much money, it is because He knows I give it all away.
-
Whether I build a character from the ground up or develop one, whether within my own copyright or in licensed work, I can step into that character's mind. It takes a kind of voluntary dissociation akin to method acting, military planning, marketing, or detective work: to think like the other guy and work out what he's going to do next.
-
I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
-
Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
-
My route is a little bit nontraditional. A lot of the people working in Nashville, they have a model. I don't really fit into that.
-
Many great founders have one or more big failures on their track record. What makes them great is that they eventually succeed despite that.
-
I cannot believe that 'Pinocchio' is over yet, and I always think about so many great memories that I made while playing in the drama.
-
If we want girls to receive positive reinforcement for early acts of leadership, let's discourage bossy behavior along with banning bossy labels. That means teaching girls to engage in behaviors that earn admiration before they assert their authority.
-
My advice for writers is to get a good day job. It takes the pressure off writing if you have a job that pays the bills.
-
First off, it's wonderful how much people are supporting me and felt I should have stayed in the competition.
-
When you get older, 10 matches a year are enough.
-
Even when it comes to zippers and buttons, Italy reigns supreme. The luxury market is ours, as demonstrated by the voracity with which various foreign conglomerates are buying up the jewels of our manufacturing sector.
-
I don't project no image. I just act like myself. I write about how I feel, the emotional stage I'm in at the time. So I write from the heart. I never write from my mind. My brain, I mean.
-
Almost all the people who have had most effect on me I seem to have met by chance.
-
Yes, it was not journalism’s finest hour. But, MacAllister often argued, it never had been.
-
I'm so lucky I got a career in my 30s because these young girls aren't allowed to have their 20s. It's all being documented.
-
Women see me as a figure they can respect. They know I've been through a lot. I'm not going to let no man put me under.
-
One of the great upsides about comedy is that you're dealing with really lovely, fun material.
-
Money equals freedom.
-
While I oppose the death penalty as a policy matter, in a legal culture in which we reserve the right to execute people for relatively routine street crimes, it seems quite absurd for the justice system to get squeamish about executing the operational masterminds of Sept. 11.
-
You can't ask a guy like me why I performed. I really wanted to fly through the air. I was a daredevil, a performer. I loved the thrill, the money, the whole macho thing. All those things made me Evel Knievel. Sure, I was scared. You gotta be an ass not to be scared. But I beat the hell out of death.
