(91 quotes found)
“If automobiles had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside”
Robert Cringely
“There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.”
P. J. O'Rourke
“Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do.”
Ronald Reagan
“Car designers are just going to have to come up with an automobile that outlasts the payments.”
Erma Bombeck
“I put a new engine in my car, but forgot to take the old one out. Now my car goes 500 miles per hour. The harmonica sounds amazing.”
Stephen Wright
“I drive a jeep. An old jeep, so nobody will say I'm driving a BMW anymore. I couldn't stand that BMW, ha ha ha! BMW make pure trouble!”
Bob Marley
“Sooner or later the Internet will become profitable. It's an old story played before by canals, railroads and automobiles.”
Paul A. Samuelson
“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.”
“We are the first nation in the history of the world to go to the poorhouse in an automobile.”
Will Rogers
