Automobiles Quotes

If all the cars in America were placed end to end on a long hill, some fool would try to pass them.

I like Pullman cars on trains, But not on highways, even highways with eight lanes. Whether driving their offspring to the school house or to a Christmas revel, People really don’t need a vehicle the size of a range house or a split-level. And even on longer trips it’s hard to keep money in the […]

I like to drive with my knees. Otherwise, how can I put on my lipstick and talk on the phone?

There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes Benz 380SL convertible.

Americans drive across the country as if someone’s chasing them.

Dangerous curves are marked, at least in Christian lands, by white wooden crosses positioned to make the curves even more dangerous. These crosses are memorials to people who’ve died in traffic accidents, and they give a rough statistical indication of how much trouble you’re likely to have at that spot in the road. Thus, when […]

We willingly pay 30,000 – 40,000 fatalities per year for the advantages of individual transportation by automobile.

Automobiles are free of egotism, passion, prejudice and stupid ideas about where to have dinner. They are, literally, selfless. A world designed for automobiles instead of people would have wider streets, larger dining rooms, fewer stairs to climb and no smelly, dangerous subway stations.

I can’t use the cell phone in the car. I have to keep my hands free for making gestures.”

We’re told cars are dangerous. It’s safer to drive through South Central Los Angelse than to walk there. We’re told cars are wasteful. Wasteful of what? Oil did a lot of good sitting in the ground for millions of years. We’re told cars should be replaced with mass transportation. But it’s hard to reach the […]