Bicycle Thieves

Antonio Ricci:
Why should I kill myself worrying when I'll end up just as dead?

Antonio Ricci:
There's a cure for everything except death.

Antonio Ricci:
You live and you suffer.

Antonio Ricci:
I've been cursed since the day I was born.

Antonio Ricci:
Your mother and her prayers can't help us.

La Santona:
Either you will find it immediately or you will never find it.

The Beggar:
I mind my own business, I bother nobody, and what do I get? Trouble.

La Santona:
[Addressing a young man seated before her, apparently seeking advice on his love life] You must plant your seeds in another field. Do you understand what I mean?

Young man:
No, I don't understand.

La Santona:
It's simple, my boy. What good is planting seeds if the soil rejects them? You plant, but don't gather. Understand?

Young man:
I haven't understood a word.

La Santona:
[Becoming impatient] She doesn't love you! Forget her! [Pausing for effect] Dear boy, you're very ugly. Yes, ugly. There are so many other women... Go and plow another field!

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.

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.

La Santona:
What have they stolen?

Antonio Ricci:
My bike.

La Santona:
What can I say? I can only tell you what I see. Listen: you'll find it straight away or not at all. Understand? You'll find it straight away or not at all. Keep your eyes open.

Antonio Ricci:
Where, straight away?

La Santona:
How should I know? Go and try to understand what I said. You'll find it straight away or not at all.

Antonio Ricci:
[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?