Evel Knievel Quotes

I went through life big-bang-banda-boom-bada-boom.
Evel Knievel

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

Everything, Almost, Maybe

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

Time, Thought, Hell

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

Power, End, Country

My wife and I, we like to ride where there's not much traffic.
Evel Knievel

Wife, Ride, Traffic

People pay a million dollars to be recognized, but nobody cares about them. They cared about me because I did things other men were afraid to do. That's why my fans identified with me.
Evel Knievel

Men, Why, Afraid

The Harley's got a little too much torque when it comes to jumping.
Evel Knievel

Harley, Jumping

There are a lot of myths about my injuries. They say I have broken every bone in my body. Not true. But I have broken 35 bones. I had surgery 14 times to pin and plate. I shattered my pelvis. I forget all of the things that have broke.
Evel Knievel

True, Forget, Broken

This is a year and a few months after the transplant. Before I had it my doctors told me that it would be the biggest thing that I ever had to face and believe me, when they take your liver out of ya and put another one in it's like replacing a football in your stomach.
Evel Knievel

Football, Before, After

When I hit that pavement at 70 or 80 mph those suits just ripped.
Evel Knievel

Hit, Ripped, Mph

Women are the root of all evil. I ought to know. I'm Evel.
Evel Knievel

Women, Evil, Ought

You can be famous for a lot of things. You can be a Nobel-prize winner. You can be the fattest guy in the world.
Evel Knievel

Famous, Winner, Guy

You know, I had a couple hundred jumps in my career, and I made most of them, but the ones they show over and over are the ones when I crashed.
Evel Knievel

Career, Made, Show

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Entertainer

Born: October 17, 1938

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