“Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.”
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.
“I used to look like a deer in headlights on the red carpet. You step out of the car and it's bedlam. Everyone's got crazy eyes.”
“Forget the damned motor car and build the cities for lovers and friends.”
“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.”
“A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.”
“Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.”
“Some people think my father was a spy, because of working for that government agency in Vietnam, but he can't find his car keys, much less keep a national secret.”
“Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down.”
“Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.”
“Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.”
“Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is like trying to get General Motors to release a handmade car.”
“Twenty years ago, I was living in a lovely cottage on the edge of Dartmoor but I couldn't afford to run a car.”
“I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone.”
“It goes without saying that you should never have more children than you have car windows.”
“I've crashed my car three times.”
“I'm addicted to laughing. I go to see a lot of comedy shows. I'm addicted to playing really loud and obnoxious rock music in my car. I'm addicted to beautiful clothes and shoes. I just love gorgeous stuff and work hard to acquire pretty things, shiny things. I'm addicted to shiny things!”
“Racism has been for everyone like a horrible, tragic car crash, and we've all been heavily sedated from it. If we don't come into consciousness of this tragedy, there's going to be a violent awakening we don't want. The question is, can we wake up?”