Bicycle Thieves Quotes: Carrying the signature of Vittorio De Sica, one of the architects of Italian Neorealism, Bicycle Thieves portrays a post-war society from a very broad perspective.
Bicycle Thieves Quotes
1- “Don’t you want anything to drink? If your mother were to see you! But we’re going to do what we want!” -Antonio Ricci, ‘Bicycle Thieves’.
2-“[to Bruno] Do you fancy a pizza? Come on, then! Come on, let’s go! What the hell. We might as well go out in style. What’s the point in worrying about it all?”-Antonio Ricci, ‘Bicycle Thieves’.
3- “It’s pointless. These’s nothing doing. It always rains on Sundays.” -Antonio Ricci, ‘Bicycle Thieves’.
4- “It’s always the same! I might as well go and jump in the river.”-Antonio Ricci, ‘Bicycle Thieves’.
5- “Forget everything. We’ll get drunk!”-Antonio Ricci, ‘Bicycle Thieves’.
6- “Your mother and her prayers can’t help us.”-Antonio Ricci, ‘Bicycle Thieves’.
7- “[At a restaurant, he and his son notice a nearby table occupied by an apparently well-off family who are eating quite well] To eat like that, you’d have to earn at least a million a month.”-Antonio Ricci, ‘Bicycle Thieves’.
8- “You live and you suffer.”-Antonio Ricci, ‘Bicycle Thieves’.
9- “I’ve been cursed since the day I was born.”-Antonio Ricci, ‘Bicycle Thieves’.
10- “”Why should I kill myself worrying when I’ll end up just as dead?”-Antonio Ricci, ‘Bicycle Thieves’.
11- “”There’s a cure for everything except death.”-Antonio Ricci, ‘Bicycle Thieves’.
12- “Maria : You shouldn’t have pawned your bike!
Antonio Ricci : And how were you supposed to eat?”-‘Bicycle Thieves’.
13- “Antonio Ricci : Baiocchi. You’ve got to help me. I’ve got to get my bike back.
Baiocco : Easier said than done.”– ‘Bicycle Thieves’.
14- “Employment Officer : Have you got a bike or haven’t you?
Antonio Ricci : I’ve got one. I’ve got one.
Employment Officer : Remember if you haven’t got a bike, there’s nothing doing, right?
Antonio Ricci : Think I’m going to wait another two years? I’ll be there with a bike.”-‘Bicycle Thieves’.
15- “Employment Officer : Hey, Ricci, remember your bike! You have to have a bike.
Antonio Ricci : A bike? I have and I haven’t. I can’t get my hands on it right now. Perhaps in a few days time.
Employment Officer : You need one straight away or they won’t take you on.
Antonio Ricci : I can do it on foot for the first few days.
Employment Officer : If you haven’t got a bike, you’ll have to let someone else take it.”– ‘Bicycle Thieves’.
