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Car Accident Quotes

Sudden jolts, and how people cope.

One quote here comes from a war correspondent who was injured in a car accident that killed his driver while he covered conflict abroad, a real and sobering piece of journalism history. See Accident quotes for more on unexpected setbacks.

That was my pride and joy - that I made it through all those years of minor hockey without losing any of my teeth; then, I ended up losing them in a car accident in New York when I was...

Quotes by Tom Glavine

The negative effects of combat were nightmares, and I'd get jumpy around certain noises and stuff, but you'd have that after a car accident or a bad divorce. Life's filled with trauma. You don't need to go to war to...

Quotes by Sebastian Junger

I was kidnapped by Sunni insurgents near Fallujah, in Iraq, ambushed by the Taliban in the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan, and injured in a car accident that killed my driver while covering the Taliban occupation of the Swat Valley in...

Quotes by Lynsey Addario

Basketball is not like football: It's not a car accident happening every play. Over the nine months, you can rest in practice and take off some minutes in games.

Quotes by Jalen Rose

Accident Quotes

ER was one of my favourites. I played a car accident victim who has leukemia. I got to wear a neck brace and nose tubes for the two days I worked.

Quotes by Dakota Fanning

I got into a car accident and couldn't play baseball, hockey, and basketball. We stuck with golf for a little while, and it's panned out. I think it was a blessing in disguise.

Quotes by Brooks Koepka

In real life, one of my friends was killed in a car accident during our sophomore year.

Quotes by Beverley Mitchell

Most of us have to spend a lot of energy to learn how to drive a car. Then we have to spend the rest of our lives over-concentrating as we drive and text and eat a burrito and put on...

Quotes by Astro Teller

One of my favorites is one called 'Rory's Radio' that I wrote about my brother Jeff's best friend growing up - his name was Rory Dunigan. I dedicated my first record to my brother, who got killed in a car...

Quotes by Ashton Shepherd

Angry Quotes

I grew up in Kingston, Jamaica, as the youngest of four children and the only girl. My father died when I was only a year and a half. He was killed in a car accident when he was 26.

Quotes by Ann-Marie Campbell

My parents were mourning the death of my sister. She was killed in a car accident before I was born, and I didn't know she existed until I was 13 or 14 years old. I knew I was growing up...

Quotes by Andrew Hudgins

My very best friend died in a car accident when I was 16 years old. That was the hardest blow emotionally that I have ever had to endure. Suddenly, you realize tomorrow might not come. Now I live by the...

Quotes by Amber Heard

Frequently Asked Questions

What perspectives are represented in car accident quotes?
They range from an athlete describing a childhood crash, to a war correspondent's account of being injured in a car accident while covering conflict abroad, to lighter sports comparisons.
Is the war correspondent's account real?
Yes, it references a journalist who was kidnapped near Fallujah, ambushed in Afghanistan, and later injured in a crash that killed his driver while reporting on the Taliban — a factual account of the risks war reporting carries. See Accident quotes for related themes of sudden setbacks.
Is there a quote linking car accidents to combat trauma?
Yes, one compares the jumpiness and nightmares that can follow combat to reactions people also have after a bad car accident or a difficult divorce, noting life is simply full of trauma.
How is a car accident used as a sports metaphor?
One quote contrasts basketball's slower pace with football, saying basketball isn't like a car accident happening on every single play.
What else might I want to read?
Browse Angry quotes or Blessing quotes for related emotional reflections on hardship and recovery.

Other entries are lighter, using a crash as a metaphor for basketball's pace or comparing it to the aftermath of a divorce. Browse Angry quotes or Blessing quotes for related emotional territory.