“A fantastic analogy for the power of focus is racing cars. When your car begins to skid, the natural reflex is to look at the wall in an attempt to avoid it. But if you keep focusing on what you fear, that's exactly where you'll end up. Professional racers know that we unconsciously steer in the direction of our focus, so with their lives on the line, they turn their focus away from the wall and towards the open track.” IfsKnowsLooksEndsTurnsNaturalLinesFocusCarWallTrackFantasticRacingNegativityAnalogiesSteersPower Of Positive ThinkingReflexesRace CarRacers Author:Tony Robbins
“When you were growing up, your mom and dad told you to look both ways before crossing the street or not to get into a car with a stranger. It's the same with the internet. We have a big responsibility and a huge role in bringing all the stakeholders to the table - users, parents, educators, law enforcement, government organisations.” WayLooksBigsGovernmentLawParentResponsibilityRolesGrowing UpGrowingStreetsCarHugeMomInternetDadTablesStrangerUsersLaw EnforcementEnforcementCrossingsOrganisationEducatorYour MomMom And DadStakeholderBig ResponsibilityCrossing The Street Author:Chris DeWolfe
“Sometimes people will bring up these odd things that I did a one-off from. Like, I did a 'Knight Rider,' and I'll get an E-mail from a 'Knight Rider' fan who says, 'Look what I did to my car!' And I don't know if you know about this, but there is a sub-cult of 'Knight Rider' fan who trick out their cars to look like KITT. I'm, like, 'Really? Isn't there anything else you can do? Do you make that much money? Because I have projects I'd like to get off the ground, so how about you don't make KITT and you give it to me?'” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingLooksSometimesCan DoFansCarProjectsTricksOddMailCultKnightsRidersOdd Things Author:Robbie Rist
“The secret of the creative life is how to feel at ease with your own embarrassment. We're all in the dirty laundry business and we're being paid to take risks and look silly. Race car drivers get paid to risk their lives in a more concrete way; we get paid to risk our lives in an emotional way.” WayFeelsLooksLife IsSecretRaceCreativeOur LivesRiskCarEmotionalPaidSillyDirtyEaseDriversConcreteEmbarrassmentLaundryRace CarCreative LifeRace Car DriverDirty Laundry Author:Paul Schrader
“In the rest of the world though, particularly in Europe, the most popular form of racing is not stock cars. It`s not NASCAR. It doesn`t look anything like NASCAR. It`s Formula 1.” WorldLooksFormCarEuropeFormulasRacingNascarFormula 1 Author:Rachel Maddow
“People who leave their cars on the street with tape covering their broken windows are obviously too trusting. I mean, when your car did have glass for a window, someone broke into it. How is tape any more of a deterrent? What are the thieves going to say? Ooh, that like looks like duct tape, we can't beat that. Let's look for one with scotch or masking.” PeopleLooksMeanStreetsCarBrokenBeatsWindowGlassesBrokeTapeThievesCoveringScotchDeterrentDuct TapeBroken Windows Author:Aaron Karo
“The old 7 Series, the E38, was an elegant car, an evolution of the classic BMW look. But it wasn't penetrating the luxury market as we desired. It just didn't have the presence to be noticed.” LooksCarEvolutionSeriesLuxuryClassicElegantBmw Author:Chris Bangle
“When a man is driving in a car and looks out the window and notices a woman with a great body, as he strains to check her face out, how does she know to keep turning so the back of her head is always toward him?” KnowsMenLooksDoeBodyFacesCarWindowDrivingChecksStrain Author:Woody Allen
“I told my wife she looks sexy with black fingernails. Now she thinks I slammed the car door on her hand on purpose.” ThinkingLooksHandsPurposeBlackWifeDoorsCarSexyMy WifeFingernails Author:Emo Philips
“Has anybody here ever been driving along in their car, smoking a cigarette, and you flick it out the window, and you drive for a few miles, and you start to smell smoke, and you turn around, and you look in the backseat, and grandma is playing with herself?” LooksTurnsCarWindowSmellDrivingMilesSmokeSmokingCigaretteGrandmaBackseat Author:Doug Benson
“A couple of days back, I got into a car accident. Not my fault. Even if it's not your fault, the other person gets out of their car and looks at you like it's your fault: Why did you stop at a red light and let me hit you doing 80!” IfsLooksPersonsLightCarCoupleRedLet MeFaultsAccidentsYou Like ItCar AccidentRed Lights Author:Dane Cook
“People who are homeless, they're not all addicts. A lot of times, they're just people who, through something like losing their job or losing someone in their life, ended up on the streets. So much of our time is spent in cars that sometimes you need to look out of those windows. And you see that a dollar, 50 cents, whatever you have, may not mean much to you, but it means everything to people who are hungry and who are in need.” PeopleNeedsLooksMayMeanSometimesJobsStreetsCarLosingWindowDollarsHungryOur TimeCentsHomelessAddictLosing Someone Author:George Lopez
“I mean if you look at the Charger and you compare it to other cars, the way the lines work, the tires, in 3-D it's gorgeous. One thing that we found was that the reflective surface was weird. It does funny things in 3-D. So you have to deal with that.” IfsWayLooksMeanDoeFoundLinesDealsOne ThingCarSurfaceCompareTireGorgeousFunny Things Author:Todd Farmer
“Losing builds character. So, if you're the loser in your family, don't worry. 'Cos twenty years form now, that perfect can do no wrong brother of yours is going to show up at your house, bald, fat, divorced, with six kids who all hate him and he's going to ask you for money. And because of your character, you're going to look him right in the eyes and you're going to say, You know what, I'll give you some money. If you mow my lawn and detail my car. Oh yeah, then you can shampoo the tail. Loser.” IfsKnowsGivingYearsLooksCharacterShowsEyeKidsFormHateAsksHouseCan DoPerfectWorryCarBrotherSixLosingTwentiesYeahDetailsFatsOur FamilyLoserTailsDivorcedLawnsHate HimShampoo Author:Christopher Titus
“Just got a new car - got a little Miata convertible. Pretty happy about it, except for one thing: I'm 6-foot-6, so now I look like a McDonald's toy.” LooksLittlesOne ThingFeetCarToysMcdonaldsNew Car Author:Brian Posehn
“The Ford Flex is a really, really cool car. You get inside and you have so much headroom and it's really comfortable to drive and it's real techy inside. You look at the screen and it's blue and you've got all kinds of controls. Everything is digital.” LooksKindRealCarComfortableBlueScreensAll KindsDigitalReally CoolCool Cars Author:Gabriel Iglesias
“When you buy a used car, you kick the tires, you look at the odometer, you open up the hood. If you do not feel yourself an expert in automobile engines, you bring a friend who is. And you do this with something as unimportant as an automobile. But on the issues of the transcendent, of ethics, of morals, of the origins of the world, of the nature of human beings, on those issues should we not insist upon at least equally skeptical scrutiny?” IfsWorldFeelsShouldHumansLooksUsedHuman BeingsMoralIssuesCarEthicsExpertsKicksEnginesTireSkepticalAutomobileHoodUnimportantTranscendentScrutinyUsed Car Author:Carl Sagan
“Look, I wasn't saying the Beatles are better than God or Jesus. I said 'Beatles' because it's easy for me to talk about Beatles. I could have said TV or the cinema, motor cars or anything popular and I would have gotten away with it.” LooksSaidJesusEasyCarTvsCinemaMotorMotor Cars Author:John Lennon
“I look pretty nondescript. I don't go out of my way to... I don't express my personality with my clothes, with my car or my, you know, house. I express with my personality; so as far as what I wear - I don't really care about that.” KnowsWayLooksCareHouseCarPersonalityClothesMy Way Author:Patton Oswalt
“Technology is constantly improving our lives. Look at the cellular telephone. Just ten years ago, virtually nobody was able to get into a car crash caused by trying to steer and dial at the same time; today, people do this all the time.” PeopleTryingYearsLooksTodayAbleTechnologyOur LivesCarTenYears AgoCrashImprovingTelephonesSteersCar CrashCellularConstantly Improving Book:Dave Barry's Gift Guide to End All Gift Guides Source: Dave Barry's Gift Guide to End All Gift Guides
“I was turning 20 during my first record. Those decade birthdays always kind of cause me, it seems, to reflect, look back, and then look forward. I just was closing this period of my life where I was living in a car and scrambling my whole life to then signing a six-record deal with Atlantic.” FirstsLooksKindWholeSeemsCausesDealsRecordsCarPeriodsSixDecadesWhole LifeClosingSigning Author:Jewel
“A lot of times people would offer me movies and, because I'm a car freak, I'd look in a magazine and say, 'How much is this car? If you give me this car I'll show up and do the movie' I call 'em 'sports car flicks'.” PeopleIfsGivingLooksShowsSportsCarOffersGive MeMagazinesEmsFreakSports Cars Author:Ice T
“It's really on the streets, if I'm in a car, or I'm walking by, and I see a girl. And you can see it, on her face, you can see it in her step and the way that she moves and flows, and you're like: "You go girl." And it's fun, and sometimes you just have to go up and be like, "You look fantastic!"” IfsWayLooksSometimesFacesMovingGirlFunStepsStreetsCarLike YouWalkingFlowFantastic Author:Olivia Palermo
“What I'm asking people to do is to look at their lives, wherever they may be. I mean, you may be a housewife or a mother in Gauteng and you're driving your kid to school, you know, and you've got one kid in the back and you're driving 30 kilometres to school and 30 kilometres back, so 60 kilometres in a day, to take one child to school. Is there a possibility that you can put a few more kids, some friends' kids in the car, and start saving on those types of things?” PeopleKnowsLooksMayMeanChildrenKidsSchoolMotherCarPossibilityTypeAskingDrivingSavingHousewife Author:Lewis Pugh
“I was the best man at my younger brother's wedding and at the time part of my roast to him was I appreciated that he's done the only profession that makes me look good, running a used car dealership.” MenLooksDoneRunningUsedCarBrotherProfessionAppreciatedYounger BrotherUsed Car Author:David Plouffe
“I'm looking for anything interesting in the guitar playing, songwriting, artwork, and production. If you look at the stack of CDs on my desk and in my car, you'll find a very wide range of music under the umbrella of metal.” IfsLooksInterestingCarGuitarProductionsWideRangeSongwritingMetalsDesksCdsArtworkUmbrellaGuitar Playing Author:David Pajo
“When you have a transportation system that the price of propellant is essentially negligible something is very wrong. If you look at any other transportation system, a car, a motorcycle, a train, an oil tanker, an airliner, you name it; about a quarter to a third of the operating cost is buying the propellant.” IfsLooksNamesCarCostThirdsTrainOilBuyingQuartersTransportationMotorcycle Author:Burt Rutan
“If we become uncomfortable in any given moment, we can look at a flower, a pebble in the street or the tire on our car and be grateful. We can gaze at a person in the distance or at a cloud in the sky and be appreciative. We can smile at a stranger, hug someone we know or tidy a disorganized shelf and be thankful for the opportunity. If we choose gratitude, we will be happy!” IfsKnowsLooksPersonsMomentsHappinessSuccessOpportunityGivenSkyStreetsCarFlowerGratitudeGratefulDistanceCloudsStrangerUncomfortableAbundanceHugBe GratefulShelvesTireBeing ThankfulPebblesTidyAppreciativeDisorganized Author:Barry Neil Kaufman
“Today I said to the calculus students, "I know, you're looking at this series and you don't see what I'm warning you about. You look and it and you think, 'I trust this series. I would take candy from this series. I would get in a car with this series.' But I'm going to warn you, this series is out to get you. Always remember: The harmonic series diverges. Never forget it."” ThinkingKnowsLooksSaidTodayRememberForgetEducationCarStudentsMathematicsSeriesMathNever ForgetWarningCandyForget ItCalculusGoing To War Author:Alexandre Borovik
“We don't look at each other [in the car], but instead do so only when we want to. We're allowed to look around without appearing rude. We have a big screen in front of us and side views. Silence doesn't seem heavy or difficult.” WantLooksBigsSeemsDifficultSidesViewsSilenceCarFrontsHeavyScreensRudeAppearingBig Screen Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“The reality is there is only each present moment: You are called to give a talk. You get out of a building and into a car. You look out of the window. You arrive at the venue. You sit in the chair; you wait; you step out onto the stage. Every movement is simple. There is only that.” GivingLooksMomentsRealityWaitingSimpleStepsStageCarMovementBuildingWindowChairsPresent MomentVenues Author:Eckhart Tolle
“I have people who look after me and help me when I'm out of town. But when I'm at home in LA it's my time and I love to just get in my car, crank up the music and relax.” PeopleLooksHelpingHomeCarTownsMy TimeHelp MeRelaxCrank Author:Carmen Electra
“The only thing my mum could afford growing up was to be able to look after me and my brother so the only thing that I wanted when I grew up was to be able to look after my mum. So when I could, I bought her a house and then I got her a car as well and I got her a little air freshener to put in her car and on it, it said "life is a journey not a destination."” WellsLooksLittlesSaidAbleWantedLife IsHouseGrowing UpGrowingAirJourneyCarBrotherGrewGrew UpMy BrotherDestinationMumLife Is A JourneySaid Life Author:John Newman
“The sandstorm, which I think is an absolute triumph, could have been awkward. It's sex in a car, so who knows. And I think the rooftops look fantastic [in Allied].” ThinkingKnowsLooksHas BeensSexCarAbsolutesFantasticTriumphAwkwardCould Have BeenRooftopsSandstorms Author:Steven Knight
“Sometimes people want to know how to write a story from the point of view of a murderer and make her sympathetic. I think the answer is that you start by having her look for her car keys, because everybody knows what it's like.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantWritingLooksSometimesStoriesAnswersViewsKnow HowCarKeysPoint Of ViewMurdererSympatheticCar Keys Author:Alice Mattison
“You look at that movie [Dude, Where's My Car?] now, and you know exactly when it was made. And that's what kids were like then.” KnowsLooksMadeKidsCar Author:Brent Spiner