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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.

When you try to do something ten per cent better, you tend to work from where you are: if I ask you to make a car that goes 50 miles a gallon, you can just retool the engine you already...

Quotes by Astro Teller

People text when they're meant to actually be driving. So imagine what they do when they think the car's got it under control.

Quotes by Astro Teller

We don't take on Google Glass or the self-driving car project or Project Loon unless we think that on a risk-adjusted basis, it's worth Google's money to do it.

Quotes by Astro Teller

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

My approach is to start from the straightforward principle that our body is a machine. A very complicated machine, but none the less a machine, and it can be subjected to maintenance and repair in the same way as a...

Quotes by Aubrey de Grey

In high school, I had a gold 1992 Ford Explorer. It was a gift. I used to have a terrible habit of locking the keys in the car when I used leave the car running to help it start on...

Quotes by Ashton Eaton

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

Why make a movie about Ayrton Senna? Someone who drove around in circles at 200mph in a car that looked like a giant cigarette packet? Why would anyone who isn't already a fan of Formula 1 care?

Quotes by Asif Kapadia

There are some societies where women are not even allowed to drive a car, and that restriction is based in the name of religion and tradition. There are other countries where a woman can be punished if she does not...

Quotes by Asma Jahangir

I'm someone who's always on the go and crazy busy, so I like to keep snacks in my car and at the office, and Cracker Jack'd is a really yummy snack that I love. I definitely am a big snacker.

Quotes by Ashley Tisdale

FYI, there are basically only three things besides a vest that will stop a bullet: a tree trunk, the engine block of a car, and a U.S. mailbox: if you are ever caught in gunfire, find one of those.

Quotes by Asha Rangappa

Once when I was 16 I had my car taken away from me for being past curfew. Oh, and I said a bad word once, and I actually did get my mouth washed out with soap.

Quotes by Ashlee Simpson

I'm lucky because my dad taught me to be frugal and save. And that's important because I want to know that I don't have to take an acting job for two or three years if I don't want to and...

Quotes by Ashley Greene

I take cabs if I need to get somewhere or I take car service. I don't drive, I wouldn't mind riding a bike... People think that because you become an entertainer you gotta have this rock star thug image. I'm...

Quotes by ASAP Rocky

I don't like new cars; I'm into vintage cars - there's a Jaguar E-Type in the 'Goldie' video.

Quotes by ASAP Rocky

If you live in L.A. long enough, you get into having a cool car.

Quotes by Art Alexakis

You don't have control of the car, but you can drive it. Life takes you where it wants you to go and where you need to go.

Quotes by Art Alexakis

When you travel around Moscow, you can see almost every car is using a smartphone where they can see what's ahead of them.

Quotes by Arkady Volozh

Here is a new car, a new iPhone. We buy. We discard. We buy again. In recent years, we've been doing it faster.

Quotes by Arlie Russell Hochschild

I was 13 when my parents moved to Israel, and I was put in a Scottish mission school. Ninety-nine percent of the children were Israeli... Suddenly, I found myself speaking the wrong language, dressed in the wrong clothes, picked up...

Quotes by Arlie Russell Hochschild

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.