I still feel that variable gears are only for people over…

Isn't it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles than by the artifice of a derailleur?

— Henri Desgrange

I got a bike - a fixed-gear with bright blue wheels, custom-made to my specifications. I am a San Francisco techno-hipster, so this selection…

— Robin Sloan

You can always add something to a bike, but you come to a point where you can’t take anything away and that's a fixed…

— Graeme Obree

By the word simplicity, is not always meant folly or ignorance; but often, pure and upright Nature, free from artifice, craft or deceitful ornament.

— Benjamin Franklin

If a close examination of the evidences of Christianity may be expected of one class of men more than another, it would seem incumbent…

— Simon Greenleaf

Each day is a miracle that intoxicates me. I want more. I greet every morning like a new pleasure. And yet I am keenly…

— Malika Oufkir

The girl in the mirror caught my eye briefly...It is an uncanny feeling, that rare occasion when one catches a glimpse of oneself in…

— Kate Morton

Cupid is naked and does not like artifices contrived by beauty.

— Propertius

Being blond is definitely a different state of mind. I can't really put my finger on it, but the artifice of being blond has…

— Madonna Ciccone

But since the Modernists (as they are commonly and rightly called) employ a very clever artifice, namely, to present their doctrines without order and…

— Pope Pius X

Holidays are in no sense an alternative to the congestion and bustle of the cities and work. Quite the contrary. People look to escape…

— Jean Baudrillard

Films are artifice. We're telling stories on film. At the same time, when it works, there is a real tough immediacy and spontaneity to…

— Paul McGann

To the extent that I've ever understood postmodernism - and I'm sure there are people out there who do, but I'm not one of…

— Steve Erickson

It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

I did plays in college, and I have half of a play. But I'm kind of stuck. I keep revisiting it so maybe it…

— Aimee Bender