Evel Knievel quotes

If you don't know about pain and trouble, you're in sad shape. They make you appreciate life.

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

If you fall during your life, it doesn't matter. You're never a failure as long as you try to get up.

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.

It's easy to be famous today. 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. They were mostly working-class.

I decided to fly through the air and live in the sunlight and enjoy life as much as I could.

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.

I like to help kids, work with kids in detention homes. Don't tell a kid what's right and wrong. He knows what's right and wrong. Find out what his attitude and his aptitude are; try to help him where he wants to go.

You are the master of your own ship, pal. There are lots of people who fall into troubled waters and don't have the guts or the knowledge or the ability to make it to shore. They have nobody to blame but themselves.

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.

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.

It's easy to be famous today. 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. They were mostly working-class.

I can still crack a safe with one hand tied behind my back. I'm not proud of it. But I was always against society.

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