#motor

Riding a motorcycle on today's highways, you have to ride in a very defensive manner. You have to be a good rider and you have to have both hands and both feet on the controls at all times. ↗

— Evel Knievel

#controls #defensive #feet #good #hands

Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion. ↗

— Robert M. Pirsig

#motorcycle #zen #art

I had a terrible motorcycle accident, in San Francisco as matter of fact. Doing a picture called... oh, this is terrible. It's a very well-known film and I can't remember the name. That's what happens when you get older... I fell off a bridge in San Francisco and was laid up for two years. ↗

— William Lucking

#bridge #called #doing #fact #fell

Yes! Yes! There's the attitude. Where was that girl during the race? Off getting sushi? ↗

— Doug Solter

#funny-quotes #girl-power #motor-racing #sushi #attitude

I just motor through school in the morning and then go skating. ↗

— Ryan Sheckler

#i #just #morning #motor #school

Endless motorbike talk can and does bore me. ↗

— Barry Sheene

#does #endless #me #motorbike #talk

And so we said to General Motors that the solution had to be a first year increase, which had to be sizeable because we had to catch up with the lost position as against the cost of living and we had to make some progress. ↗

— Leonard Woodcock

#because #catch #cost #first #general

At the top of the slope on the perimeter of the site, overlooking six lanes of motorway, is a diner frequented by lorry drivers who have either just unloaded or or are waiting to pick up their cargo. Anyone nursing a disappointment with domestic life would find relief in this tiled, brightly lit cafeteria with its smells of fries and petrol, for it has the reassuring feel of a place where everyone is just passing through--and which therefore has none of the close-knit or convivial atmosphere which could cast a humiliating light on one's own alienation. It suggests itself as an ideal location for Christmas lunch for those let down by their families. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#anonymity #cafeteria #diner #disappointment #motorways

After Spain, World War II was simple. I wasn't even tempted to pick up a gun to fight for General Motors, U.S. Steel, or the Chase Manhattan Bank, even if Hitler was running the other side. ↗

— David T. Dellinger

#hitler #spain #world-war-ii #life

Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient... ↗

— Grace Lichtenstein

#life #motorcycle #travel #life