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Car Quotes

Stories that start behind the wheel.

This collection ranges from the craft of filming a car chase to the unfair reality of being profiled while simply driving. It connects well with our Drive quotes for anyone interested in the broader theme of being on the road.

The car business is a lot like football. In football, you have to win once a week. In the car business, you have to win every day.

Quotes by Tom Dempsey

Modern motor vehicles are safer and more reliable than they have ever been - yet more than 1 million people are killed in car accidents around the world each year, and more than 50 million are injured. Why? Largely because...

Quotes by Tom Chatfield

Environmentalists have a very conflicted relationship with their cars.

Quotes by Tom Arnold

I often compare my voice to an old car you're only 50% sure will turn on when you need it to.

Quotes by Tobias Jesso, Jr.

The newly decorated theatres produced things like car parks and restaurants, so you could have a good night out, quite cheaply without all that bother of having to go somewhere else.

Quotes by Timothy West

So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me 'Can you give me a lift?' I said 'Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go for it.'

Quotes by Tim Vine

There are people who own cars and are getting free cell phones. A car helps one find a job, too. Where do you draw the line?

Quotes by Tim Griffin

I love getting on the subway because you get on the car, and you see the entire human race represented in any given subway car.

Quotes by Tim Daly

In the last three years of racing I've met as many women fans as men fans, and in NASCAR it's the same thing. My wife loves cars, but the difference is she doesn't have 20 years of understanding the background...

Quotes by Tim Allen

I think women like Ferraris. A Ferrari is everybody's car.

Quotes by Tim Allen

All too often on film sets, what happens is everybody gets worried about an actor being sick, a car not turning up, or the weather not being right rather than what we're ending up with onscreen.

Quotes by Tim Bevan

If you don't drink, smoke, or drive a car, you're a tax evader.

Quotes by Thomas S. Foley

Museums are like the quiet car of the world. It's a place you can come to escape, where there's authenticity, there's uniqueness, there's calm, there's physicality.

Quotes by Thomas P. Campbell

We will never get to the flying car era. We will get to the era where we get flying drones that haul people, though.

Quotes by Thomas Frey

Sometimes, when my wife and I were going out to dinner, I would take my laptop with me and work in the car, so as to take advantage of the half hour going and coming.

Quotes by Thomas Friedman

In the past there were people who were not rich but contented with their living style, laughing and happy all day. But when the new rich people appear, people look at them and ask, 'why don't I have a life...

Quotes by Thich Nhat Hanh

There were times when I was just listening to albums for the hype of it. Some albums, I would just put it on in my car, and me and my friends would just drive, that we'd wild out to, get...

Quotes by Theophilus London

No major technological change has ever been instituted by mankind without an array of negative consequences. The motor car has meant liberation for millions, but it has also caused congestion, environmental damage, and a disturbing death toll on the roads.

Quotes by Theo Paphitis

Back at the beginning of my career, I had to make all these sacrifices - sleeping in a car on nights where I'd wrestle in front of 20,000 people - because I wasn't making any money.

Quotes by The Ultimate Warrior

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What kinds of car-related experiences are covered here?
This set ranges from planning an adventurous car chase for a film, to reflections on being treated differently while driving, to finding clarity in life after a car accident. For more on driving itself, see our Drive collection.
Is there a quote about filming a car chase scene?
Yes — one quote says, "I always wanted to do a very fun, adventurous kind of car chase, and the opening of 'Ruin' is essentially like the 'Star Wars' trench run."
Is there a quote touching on being treated differently while driving?
Yes. One quote reflects on never having been "pulled over just because I was driving the wrong kind of car in the wrong kind of area at the wrong time of night," framing it against never being questioned over a meal either.
Is there a quote about finding clarity after a car accident?
There is — one quote shares that after a car accident, the speaker came out "with more clarity about my career and the energy to continue to pursue it hard, no matter what the challenges." If a car accident quote resonates with you, our dedicated Car Accident collection has more like it.
Is there a quote about relationships being treated like consumer products?
Yes — one quote observes that partnerships are increasingly seen through "the prism of promises and expectations," treated like a product where dissatisfaction just means returning it. It's more about how we treat relationships than about cars specifically. For more on getting from place to place, see our Transport collection.

One striking entry reflects on how a Car Accident can reshape someone's outlook, while another uses a car sale as a metaphor for how people treat relationships, a theme that ties into our Transport quotes.