“The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.”
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 sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.”
“The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.”
“In New York, you've got Donald Trump, Woody Allen, a crack addict and a regular Joe, and they're all on the same subway car.”
“My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.”
“Buyers decide in the first eight seconds of seeing a home if they're interested in buying it. Get out of your car, walk in their shoes and see what they see within the first eight seconds.”
“Marriage has no guarantees. If that's what you're looking for, go live with a car battery.”
“I think the Smart Car is awesome. The only problem is I've been on the freeway and felt like I was going to be blown away like a Tim Hortons coffee cup, so I may have to upgrade to a Mini Cooper - something a little stronger.”
“I need to develop a car and engineer a car in a position that feels comfortable for me, and I don't think anyone can do a better job than I can in that position. The problem for me is if I can't get the car there I do struggle more than some.”
“I remember walking the dog one day, I saw a car full of teenage girls, and one of them rolled down the window and yelled, 'Marc Jacobs!' in a French accent.”
“I was already on pole, then by half a second and then one second and I just kept going. Suddenly I was nearly two seconds faster than anybody else, including my team mate with the same car.”
“Toyota was the first to put a commercial fuel cell powered car on the road, and I have no doubt that Toyota will continue to be in the front lines in the development of competitive fuel cell vehicles.”
“I don't listen to the radio very much, but that could be because I don't have a car.”
“I like to put on hardcore when I have to clean my apartment, which I hate to do, but it's motivational. I like old heavy metal when I'm outside working on my car. Music has definite functions for me.”
“A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after.”
“I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the '50s and '60s. The seed of my interest was planted when I was about 12 years old and took over my mother's Morris Minor. I drove it around my father's farm. But my favorite car is still a McLaren F1, which I have had for 10 years.”
“Removing the faults in a stage-coach may produce a perfect stage-coach, but it is unlikely to produce the first motor car.”