Quote Genre: Automobiles

Roland Barthes – ‘I think that cars today are …

‘I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals: I mean the supreme creation of an era conceived with passion by unknown artists and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole … Continue reading →

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Russell Baker – ‘Is fuel efficiency really wh…

‘Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.’

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Marshall McLuhan – ‘THe car has become the caras…

‘THe car has become the caraspace the protective and aggressive shell of urban and suburban man.’

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Edward McDonagh – ‘The car has become a secular…

‘The car has become a secular sanctuary for the individual his shrine to himself his mobile Walden Pond.’

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Doug Larson – ‘If all the cars in the Unite…

‘If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end it would probably be Labor Day weekend.’

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Paul Harwitz – ‘The marvels of modern techno…

‘The marvels of modern technology include the development of a soda can which when discarded will last forever and a $17000 car which when properly cared for will rust out in two or three years.’

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Robert Fulghum – ‘When my father finally got a…

‘When my father finally got around to teaching me to drive he was impressed at my natural talent for driving not knowing that I had already been secretly driving my mothers car around the neighborhood. When I took the test … Continue reading →

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Henry Ford – ‘People can have the Model T …

‘People can have the Model T in any colour so long as its black.’

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Tommy Cooper – ‘You know somebody actually c…

‘You know somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen it said Parking Fine.’

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