“A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.”
Cars represent freedom, status, engineering, and occasionally poor financial decisions. These quotes come from drivers, designers, racers, and people who just love being behind the wheel. Practical wisdom meets open-road romanticism.
“You know, if you're Guy Kawasaki and you create a car that gets 500 miles a gallon with zero emissions, people on the Internet would say: 'I could have done that in half an hour, and it's been done before. What's the big deal? I expected something more from him.' Meanwhile, they didn't do it, right? They're still living at home with their mothers.”
“A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.”
“I feel comfortable around every driver out there and each driver is in charge of their own car, but you feel very secure racing the competition out there.”
“We go through the whole season working on next season's car and developing the car and making sure we fit in the car and all that sort of stuff. And we obviously give ideas of what we would hope next year's car would have even if it's small things like buttons on the steering wheel and different positions and whatever.”
“Consider what kind of car you get. Buy cars and other products that have the least impact environmentally.”
“It's just that fun atmosphere, working on the car, being with the guys. This is exactly what I needed.”
“When you're in a car which can win every race, or fight for a win every race, that is pressure.”
“Life is a gamble. You can get hurt, but people die in plane crashes, lose their arms and legs in car accidents people die every day. Same with fighters: some die, some get hurt, some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.”
“If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.”
“Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.”
“I accept the Old Testament as more of an action movie: blood, car chases, evacuations, a lot of special effects, seas dividing, mass murder, adultery. The children of God are running amok, wayward. Maybe that's why they're so relatable.”
“My parents were what I like to call proper musical fans. Lots of Sondheim was played in the car.”
“The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.”
“Well, I've been in a few car wrecks.”
“A gun can be dangerous. But a gun can protect you, you can hunt for food with it - you know, the tool itself is a tool. The intention of the party using the tool is a part of the process, right? You know: the knife cuts the steak, stabs the person, saves somebody from danger, cuts somebody out of a car.”
“Spending $1 for a brand new house would feel very, very good. Spending $1,000 for a ham sandwich would feel very, very bad. Spending $19,000 for a small family car would feel, well, more or less right. But as with physical pain, fiscal pain can depend on the individual, and everyone has a different threshold.”