“Here's the analogy. If my body were a car, I'd be thinking about trading it in around now. I would like to upgrade. I would be actually on the lot somewhere and some guy with a loud sports jacket would be sizing me up...kinda lookin' around goin--maybe kickin my knees. Looking behind me going: That looks a little bashed in back there...Yeah. You mind if I check under the hood?" 'Well yes I do! Thank you very much.” IfsThinkingMindWellsLooksLittlesBodyWould BeGuySportsBehindsCarYeahChecksLoudKneesTradingJacketsHoodAnalogies Author:Ellen DeGeneres
“It seems to me that Mr. Sculley understood the very nucleus of existence, that he had kept his young eyes and young heart even though his body had grown old. He saw straight through to the cosmic order of things, and he knew that life is not held only in flesh and bone, but also in those objects - a good, faithful pair of shoes; a reliable car; a pen that always works; a bike that has taken you many a mile.” HeartBodySeemsEyeYoungLife IsOrderExistenceTakenSawsCarObjectsUnderstoodShoesBonesFleshMilesFaithfulPairsPensCosmicBikePair Of ShoesGood FaithNucleusYoung At Heart Author:Robert R. McCammon
“The plot of a movie is its motor. It is not an accident that people call pictures 'vehicles' for stars. A vehicle has to move. A plotless story is like an expensive car with a wonderful body design, luxurious seats, upholstery, headlights (production, direction, cast) - and no motor under its hood. That is why it gets nowhere.” PeopleStoriesBodyMovingStarsWonderfulCarDesignCastsProductionsAccidentsMovieSeatsExpensivePlotVehicleMotorHoodLuxuriousHeadlightsUpholsteryExpensive Cars Book:Letters of Ayn Rand Source: Letters of Ayn Rand
“People who disagree with His Excellency, the President for Life and 'Chief of Chiefs,' are frequently found to be the victims of car crashes (their bodies mysteriously riddled with bullets); or dead in their beds of heart attacks (their bodies mysteriously riddled with bullets); or the recipients of some not-quite-fresh seafood (their bodies mysteriously riddled with bullets).” PeopleHeartBodyFoundPresidentCarBedVictimTyrannyChiefsDisagreeCrashBulletsSeafoodHeart AttackCar Crash Book:Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood Source: Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood