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Bicycle Quotes

Simple wheels tied to lasting memories.

This page collects small but vivid bicycle memories, from not owning one in a particular country to riding several miles to school each day as a teenager. One entry even references a beloved film that put a bicycle in its title. For more everyday moments, see Life quotes.

In Cuba, I didn't even have a bicycle.

Quotes by Yoenis Cespedes

When I was around thirty, I met my own personal challenge and finished a few marathons under three hours, and I have completed many long bicycle tours.

Quotes by Wolfgang Ketterle

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...

Quotes by William Golding

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.

Quotes by Vittorio De Sica

Car Quotes

In the 9th grade I began my first wage work for the West Side Drug store delivering prescriptions and sundries on my bicycle to customers who called in orders.

Quotes by Vernon L. Smith

In 1941 I finished at Allison Intermediate School (grades 7-9), and started at North High School, commuting by bicycle about 5 miles from home to school.

Quotes by Vernon L. Smith

Guys would sleep with a bicycle if it had the right color lip gloss on. They have no shame. They're like bull elks in a field.

Quotes by Tori Amos

Teenage girls in television and film, in my experience, oftentimes are portrayed as either the sweet, innocent virgin or the super-sexy, experienced, town bicycle. There never seems to be an in-between. I think most girls are somewhere in between those...

Quotes by Tara Lynne Barr

Susan B. Anthony said that the bicycle did more to emancipate women than any other single thing. The bicycle was linked in the psyches of women at that time as a symbol of practical emancipation. Women could go places, wear...

Quotes by Susan Vreeland

Life Quotes

She who succeeds in gaining the mastery of the bicycle will gain the mastery of life.

Quotes by Susan B. Anthony

I started manufacturing bicycle parts. I come from a city called Ludhiana where almost everybody is self-employed, and either you make bicycle parts or bicycles, or hosiery parts or hosiery goods.

Quotes by Sunil Mittal

A gorilla with a cellphone riding a bicycle is bound to generate some clever captions.

Quotes by Steve Breen

I grew up in the San Fernando Valley of Southern California in the 1970s. My friends and I were into bicycle motocross and into skateboarding in empty swimming pools. Those activities shaped my generation.

Quotes by Scott Borchetta

It could be a walk in the park, it could be a ride on your bicycle. It does not have to be an organized team activity... Be as creative as you want, but find a way to get your exercise...

Quotes by Ron Jaworski

Like Quotes

I love whimsy. My mother was a word person, a real quipster. She was famous in the 1950s for being a contester in Utah: 25 words or less. My bicycle, our hi-fi... in 1959, she won $15,000 from Remington-Rand for...

Quotes by Ron Carlson

Traffic in the streets of Bombay is chaotic at best. Riding a bicycle is a dangerous occupation. However, there are hundreds of them on the streets competing with the cars and buses and lorries because it is the poor man's...

Quotes by Rohinton Mistry

The reality of Katrina didn't really strike me until the first time I flew up in a helicopter and saw areas of the city that I had ridden my bicycle as a youth being fully flooded.

Quotes by Ray Nagin

I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.

Quotes by Quentin Crisp

In Japan, I live in a little neighborhood in the middle of nowhere. I don't have a bicycle or a car or anything, so my only movement is within the boundaries of my feet. I feel there's a need for...

Quotes by Pico Iyer

Love Quotes

I learnt to do bicycle kicks watching Robinho on the television.

Quotes by Philippe Coutinho

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of bicycle quotes are on this page?
The collection includes memories of not owning a bicycle in a particular country, long training rides, and a daily childhood commute to school by bike.
Why would someone search for bicycle quotes?
Cyclists and nostalgic readers alike often look for simple, relatable memories tied to bikes, which this small but varied set provides.
Is there a film reference in this collection?
Yes, one quote nods to a classic film named after the bicycle itself, tying personal memory to a piece of cinema history.
Do any quotes mention endurance or fitness?
Yes, one entry describes completing long bicycle tours alongside marathons, framing the bike as part of a broader personal fitness journey.
What other quotes pair well with this theme?
Readers often continue with Car quotes or Life quotes for related everyday reflections.

Endurance, nostalgia and simple daily routine all show up around this modest machine. Continue with Car or Love quotes for related reflections.