Evel Knievel Quotes

• But you come to a point in your life when you can’t pull the trigger anymore.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Trigger

• I foresee the Chinese ruling the world. What are you going to do to stop it? No president of the United States will ever have enough power to stop the Chinese when they want to take over the world.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in World, United States, Chinese, President

• Harley-Davidson is the finest company in the world.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Company, Finest, World

• I did everything by the seat of my pants. That’s why I got hurt so much.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Hurt

• I am a lucky, lucky person.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Lucky, Self

• I think through education, belief in God, and good engineering, our children become a lot better at what they’re doing than we did, and that starts with the very first sign of life on the face of this earth.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Belief, Education, God

  Tags in Think, Self

• I know that I’m very lucky to be alive. For 35 or 40 years I’ve spilt my blood and broke my bones and spent years in hospitals.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Lucky, Hospitals

• I guess I thought I was Elvis Presley but I’ll tell ya something. All Elvis did was stand on a stage and play a guitar. He never fell off on that pavement at no 80 mph.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Thought, Guitar

• I really think we should pass a law in every state, I don’t care whether it takes the independence away from an old person or not. You shouldn’t be driving a car if you’re over the age of 80. Maybe even less than that.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Think, Independence

• I love the feeling of the fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Love

  Tags in Feeling, Self

• I know guys in my hometown that drive by feel and sound.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Hometown, Drive, Feel

• I recently have had a full hip replacement and a liver transplant, and I’m getting used to the medication.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Liver, Transplant, Medication

• I think I coulda landed on a dime. I really do.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Think, Dime, Self

• I thought I was bulletproof or Superman there for a while. I thought I’d never run out of nerve. Never.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Thought, Self

• If I’m out trailriding, I have a favorite motorcycle. Riding on the road, I’ve got a favorite. If I’m jumping, I have a favorite, and if I’m racing, I have a favorite.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Favorite, Racing, Self

• In the old days they, the promoters, wanted more and more from me. They wanted me to jump or spill my blood and break my bones. Every time they wanted me to jump further, and further, and further. Hell, they thought my bike had wings.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Promoters, Blood, Thought

• I’ve been in a treatment center for drinkin’. I stayed for two days, then escaped.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Treatment, Self

• If you look at the Bible almost everything that was predicted, maybe everything, has come to pass.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Bible, Predicted, Everything

• My wife and I, we like to ride where there’s not much traffic.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Like, Wife, Ride

• My own judgment of how the world is gonna end is that there will be a country led by a madman that will build a nuclear bomb with so much force, so much power, that it will be dropped somewhere on the face of this earth and that the earth will lose its place.

  Evel Knievel

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in World, Judgment, Earth

Evel Knievel (27)

Birth:	17th October, 1938
Death:	30th November, 2007
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Entertainer, Painter, Stunt Performer

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