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Brake Quotes

On knowing exactly when to ease off and when to stop.

These Brake quotes move between literal driving detail, like tyre pressure and brake temperature at Le Mans, and metaphor, such as inequality putting a brake on the fight against poverty. The imagery pairs naturally with Car quotes.

Economic inequality is a corrosive force that undermines economic growth, puts a brake on the fight against poverty, and sparks social unrest.

Quotes by Winnie Byanyima

The trick at Le Mans is to get the car 'in the window.' Everything is critical: the tyre pressure, the brake temperature, and that means you have to push the car a lot to get it into the window -...

Quotes by Tom Kristensen

Driving with one foot on the accelerator and the other on the brake is likely to get you nowhere, but certainly will burn out vital parts of your car. Similarly, cutting taxes on the middle class, but increasing them on...

Quotes by Terry Savage

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.

Steven Wright

Accelerator Quotes

I'm not a big fan of self-driving cars where there's no steering wheel or brake pedal. Knowing what I know about computer vision and AI, I'd be pretty uncomfortable with that. But I am a fan of a combined system...

Quotes by Oren Etzioni

I actually failed my first license test. I got an automatic fail. I guess I had been doing well but she had to pull the emergency brake so obviously there was a problem. I remember them handing me my fail...

Quotes by Jane Levy

This double burden of disease is rapidly putting a serious brake on the development efforts of many countries.

Quotes by Gro Harlem Brundtland

You always have to play it safe, no matter who you're fighting. I don't fight any easy guys. I haven't maybe ever in the UFC. To me, you've always got to be safe. But I don't want to have my...

Quotes by Frankie Edgar

Fossil fuel subsidies are a hand brake as we drive along the road to a sustainable energy future.

Quotes by Fatih Birol

Aging Quotes

The brutal reality about aging is that it has only an accelerator pedal. We have yet to discover whether a brake exists for people.

Quotes by Dan Buettner

A lot of our work at Intel was on the automotive side: in the head unit, engine, and brake controllers.

Quotes by Brian Krzanich

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Frequently Asked Questions

Are Brake quotes literally about cars?
Only some are. A few describe real driving details, like tyre pressure and brake temperature at Le Mans, while others use the brake as a metaphor for restraint, such as inequality putting a brake on the fight against poverty. That mix of literal and figurative use is what defines this page.
What's the metaphor being used across most of these quotes?
The recurring idea is applying restraint at the right moment, whether that's easing off economically, socially, or literally behind the wheel. One quote even compares driving with a foot on both the accelerator and the brake to cutting taxes while raising spending elsewhere.
Why would someone search for Brake quotes rather than general car quotes?
Brake specifically signals restraint or slowing down, which is a narrower and more deliberate idea than car culture generally covers on Car quotes. Readers wanting language about pulling back, not just driving, tend to search this more specific term.
Is there a lighter or funnier quote in this collection?
Yes, one describes wiring an accelerator pedal to the brake lights as a prank on tailgaters, a more playful use of the word than the policy-heavy quotes nearby. It breaks up the otherwise serious economic and racing references.
What page complements Brake quotes for the opposite idea?
Accelerator quotes is the natural counterpart, since several lines here are explicitly framed against acceleration. Reading both together captures the full tension between pushing forward and holding back.

For the opposite force in the same metaphor, Accelerator quotes makes a fitting companion page. Read together, they capture the tension between pushing forward and knowing when to hold back.