Sayings about Cars & Driving
You can’t drive straight on a twisting lane. ~ Russian Proverb
A tree never hits an automobile except in self-defense. ~ American Proverbs
The camel and his driver — each has his own plan. ~ African Proverb
A mule driver is not aware of the stink of his animals. ~ Yemeni Proverbs
A lawyer and a wagon wheel must be well greased.~ German Proverb
The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~ Yiddish Proverb
A wheel that turns gathers no rust. ~ Greek Proverbs
He who rides upon an ass cannot help but smell its gas!~ African Proverb
An army is driven back by courage and not by insults, however many. ~ Ghanaian Proverbs
Badly oiled wheels will squeak. ~ Russian Proverbs
Before God and the bus driver we are all equal. ~ German Proverbs
A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.~ Italian Proverbs
Your wife and your wheelbarrow — lend them to no one. ~ Luxembourg Proverbs
Needs must when the devil drives. ~ Traditional Proverb
Quotations about Driving
Cars are like rolling diaries, metal and plastic and paint tableaux of the last ten years of their drivers’ lives … every dent, every drooping slice of chrome, has a story behind it. ~ Jim Atkinson
Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. ~ Omar Nelson Bradley
As we drive down the freeways, we see the new cars, but not the massive new-car loans that enslave their drivers to the banks. ~ Gerry Spence
The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it. ~ Dudley Moore
The problem with drinking and driving is the mourning after. ~ Author Unknown
When everything’s coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane. ~ Author Unknown
Anyone driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac. ~Author Unknown
We aren’t addicted to oil, but our cars are. ~ James Woolsey
Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went. ~John Updike
Two-hundred forty horsepower isn’t enough to move me anymore. Enough to move my body, yes, but not my soul. ~ S.A. Sachs
The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Environmentally friendly cars will soon cease to be an option … they will become a necessity. ~ Fujio Cho
Fuel cells create a better automobile that’s 50 percent more energy-efficient overall and sustainable from energy and safety perspectives. ~ Larry Burns
If you’re smart and you care about life, you’ll take driving seriously. ~ Victoria Justice
Car designers are just going to have to come up with an automobile that outlasts the payments. ~ Erma Bombeck
Car sickness is the feeling you get when the monthly payment is due. ~Author Unknown
Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.~ Warren Buffett
Driving is better than walking, because hitting is better than being hit. ~ Jarod Kintz
You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear. ~ Oscar Wilde
Life is too short for traffic. ~ Dan Bellack
The problem with traffic is that the people of today are driving the cars of tomorrow on the roads of yesterday. ~ Bob Talbert
Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car. ~ Elwyn Brooks White
You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive. ~Author Unknown
Self-driving cars are the natural extension of active safety and obviously something we should do. ~ Elon Musk
Some men take good care of a car; others treat it like one of the family. ~ Evan Esar
When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot’s hands. ~ George Carlin
Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves. ~ Albert Einstein
Money may not buy happiness, but I’d rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus. ~ Francoise Sagan
Don’t worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon.~ John Madden
In the history of the world, no one has ever washed a rented car. ~ Lawrence Summers
When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough. ~ Ayrton Senna
The driver is safer when the roads are dry; the roads are safer when the driver is dry. ~ Author Unknown
A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it. ~ William Frederick Book
Automobiles are not ferocious…. it is man who is to be feared. ~Robbins B. Stoeckel
Cars are to the landscape what television sets are to interior decor–an unattractive necessity. For better or for worse, our lives are structured around these machines. ~ Mary Riley Smith
A driver reaches a destination by driving on that road, not by laying back to enjoy the view. ~ Nabil N. Jamal
Take it easy driving – the life you save may be mine. ~ James Dean
I am emotional about engines, if you hurt my car, you hurt my heart. ~ Amit Kalantri
Until you’ve learned to drive, you’ve never really learned how to swear. ~ Robert Paul
If you give some men an inch, they’ll park a foreign sports car in it. ~ Evan Esar
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. ~ Roger Bannister
Modern man drives a mortgaged car over a bond-financed highway on credit-card gas.~ Earl Wilson
Family and God – that is what’s important. Money, cars, those are things that come and go. ~ Fabrice Muamba
Give a man a car of his own and he leaves humility and common sense behind him in the garage. ~ John Le Carré
Perhaps people, and kids especially, are spoiled today, because all the kids today have cars, it seems. When I was young you were lucky to have a bike. ~ James Cagney
No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated and disciplined.~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
Anything that reduces fuel consumption and cuts down on greenhouse gasses is good news. ~ Norman Foster
He did not care in which direction the car was travelling, so long as he remained in the driver’s seat. ~ Max Beaverbrook
Regardless of what our national credit rating is, people will always want a roof over their heads, food on their tables, fuel for their cars, and clothes on their backs. ~ Robert Kiyosaki
Hug your kids at home, but belt them in the car. ~ Author Unknown
The car, the furniture, the wife, the children–everything had to be disposable. Because you see, the main thing today is shopping. ~ Arthur Miller
Fuel prices are at the center of our lives. They affect our ability to travel, stay warm, and feed ourselves. ~ Robert Kiyosaki
Women are like cars: we all want a Ferrari, sometimes want a pickup truck, and end up with a station wagon. ~ Tim Allen
No action hero is more closely associated with cars than James Bond. ~ Richard Hammond
Fast cars like Porsches and Ferraris – they are things of beauty. ~ Rod Stewart
Nothing ages your car as much as the sight of your neighbor’s new one. ~ Evan Esar
In the United States every man is entitled to life, liberty and a car in which to pursue happiness. ~ Evan Esar
There are three things men always talk about – women, sports, and cars. ~ Mario Lopez
I’m all about sharing the road with other drivers—as long as they use the part that’s behind me. ~Author Unknown
The car was invented as a convenient place to sit out traffic jams. ~ Evan Esar
No matter what sort of car you are driving or how fast you drive, we all meet behind the same red light. ~ Moe Cidaly
Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead. ~ Mac McCleary
Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly. ~Author Unknown
The car has become… an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete. ~ Marshall McLuhan
If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend. ~ Doug Larson
A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs — jolted by every pebble in the road. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
I know a lot about cars, man. I can look at any car’s headlights and tell you exactly which way it’s coming. ~ Mitch Hedberg
A merry companion is as good as a wagon. ~ John Lyly
Each year it seems to take less time to fly across the ocean and longer to drive to work. ~Author Unknown
Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation. ~ Carlos Ghosn
Cars come in three dimensions: height, width and debt. ~ Evan Esar
Take care of your car in the garage, and the car will take care of you on the road. ~ Amit Kalantri
Flying cars are not a very efficient way to move things from one point to another. ~ Bill Gates
The longest journey begins with a single step, not with a turn of the ignition key. ~Edward Abbey
Cars are the ultimate symbol of freedom, independence and individualism. They offer the freedom to “go anywhere,” whenever it suits and with whom one chooses. ~ Sarah Redshaw
The cars we drive say a lot about us. ~ Alexandra Paul
Life is only a fast lane if you get into a lane and drive fast. ~ Nikhil Rao and Katherine Reiter
Hitch your wagon to a star, keep your seat, and there you are. ~ Author Unknown
God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road. ~ Isak Dinesen
If being the biggest company was a guarantee of success, we’d all be using IBM computers and driving GM cars. ~ James Surowiecki
Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth. ~ Erma Bombeck
Have fun, be active. Ride a bike instead of driving, for example. ~ Dan Buettner
Drive now. Text later. ~ Author Unknown
Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. ~ E. L. Doctorow
Once the automobile appeared you could have predicted that it would destroy as many people as it did. ~ Ray Bradbury
We don’t need bigger cars or fancier clothes. We need self-respect, identity, community, love, variety, beauty, challenge and a purpose in living that is greater than material accumulation. ~ Donella Meadows
In business or in life, don’t follow the wagon tracks too closely.~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
We’ve got to get people out of their cars, out of those drive-thru windows, get them walking, get them in parks and get them more active. ~ Mick Cornett
The middle of the road is where the white line is — and that’s the worst place to drive. ~ Robert Frost
Stealing a man’s wife, that’s nothing, but stealing his car, that’s larceny. ~ James Cain
Remember the street car cannot turn out. ~Charles M. Hayes
The most exasperating car trouble is when the engine won’t start and the payments won’t stop. ~ Evan Esar
It’s a never ending battle of making your cars better and also trying to be better yourself. ~ Dale Earnhardt
A business like an automobile has to be driven, in order to get results. ~ B. C. Forbes
The elderly don’t drive that badly; they’re just the only ones with time to do the speed limit. ~ Jason Love
I love to travel, but hate to arrive. ~ Albert Einstein