“Everybody thinks that 2-D is Damon, but none of the characters are based on any of us. 2-D is the classic stupid pretty boy singer. He's the fall guy, the stooge. Everyone takes the piss out of him. He had a car accident where he went through the windscreen and ended up with two bumps on his head. It knocked some cool into him” ThinkingTwoCharacterGuyFallBoysCarStupidAccidentsSingersClassicBumpsCar AccidentDamonStoogesPretty Boy Author:Jamie Hewlett
“Getting a gay fan base is slow. I think if I were able to reach more gay people they would love it. I can't get the songs in their ears. I love my gay family. I just wish I could reach more of them. I'm in this car going from club to club but they're not gay clubs.” PeopleIfsThinkingI CanAbleSongWishFansCarGayEarsClubsGay People Author:Mary Gauthier
“The one thing I did know - because I've seen many, many of the road trip movies that everyone thinks about - is that death to a road trip movie happens when you spend too much time in the car.” ThinkingKnowsHappensToo MuchOne ThingCarRoad Trip Author:Ben Falcone
“Perfect is boring and dreams are not real. Just... do. So you think, "I wish I could travel." Great. Sell your crappy car, buy a ticket to Bangkok, and go. Right now. I'm serious.” ThinkingRealDreamWishPerfectCarSeriousRight NowSellsBoringTicketsBangkok Author:Shonda Rhimes
“What can government do? They can listen to their own people. But I'll tell you what citizens can do, when we elect one of these people - whether we think it's a good guy or a bozo - you got to stay on the case. You don't vote and go home and give them the keys to the car, he'll drive you right off a cliff. You have to help people to stay honest.” PeopleThinkingGivingHelpingHomeGovernmentGuyCan DoCasesHonestCarKeysCitizensVoteCliffsGood Guy Author:Buffy Sainte-Marie
“Early on, I used to think it was really cool and macho to jump out of the car and tackle the bad guy. But then when you see the stunts in the movie, you realize it could've been a lady in a poncho.” ThinkingUsedGuyRealizingCarBad GuysReally CoolMachoPonchos Author:Charlie Sheen
“I think music can really affect people's emotions and, when I am about to get into a race car, I definitely listen to music with a good beat - that's when you've got the adrenalin pumping. And the time before you go into a race weekend, you have a lot of emotion and adrenalin, and a lot of focus.” PeopleThinkingRaceEmotionFocusCarBeatsWeekendListening To MusicRace Car Author:Allan McNish
“When it came to spankings, my dad never used a belt. One time he grabbed a piece of my Hot Wheels race car track. In my mind I'm thinking, 'Great, now I'm being beaten with my own toys...' Thank God I didn't get that wood burning set I wanted.” ThinkingMindWantedUsedMy OwnRacePiecesCarDadHotMy DadTrackWoodsBurningWheelsThank GodOne TimeToysBeatenBeltsRace CarSpanking Author:Scott Wood
“I think sitting in the car with your parents and listening to music is an essential to growing up.” ThinkingParentGrowing UpGrowingCarListeningEssentialsMusic IsSittingListening To Music Author:James Vincent McMorrow
“When I was a kid watching "The Blues Brothers," I could not think of a better thing than watching 300 cop cars crash into each other.” ThinkingKidsCarBrotherCopCrashCar Crash Author:Will Forte
“There are drawbacks in being famous too, but you can live with those. They're not life-threatening. If the paparazzi are outside your restaurant or your house - and actors make such a big thing of it and scurry into cars and drape things - you think they're going to be crucified or something. It's not a big deal. You can get used to that. It's not so terrible.” IfsThinkingBigsUsedActorsHouseDealsCarTerribleRestaurantsThreateningBig ThingsBig DealPaparazziBeing FamousDrawbacksDrapes Author:Woody Allen
“Be young. Keep yourself young by having a good, sporty car like a Corvette. It keeps you on your toes. It keeps you young. It keeps you thinking young. It keeps you thinking modern and good things. Corvette is a modern, modern automobile.” ThinkingYoungModernCarGood ThingsToesAutomobileBe Young Author:Jack LaLanne
“At the end of the day, I think everybody takes for granted that they get up, get out of bed every morning - just the mere fact that they can stand in front of the mirror and brush their teeth and get in their car and take off? A lot of people take their health for granted.” PeopleThinkingEndsFactsMorningCarFrontsBedMirrorsMereTeethGet UpGrantedThe End Of The DayEvery MorningBrushes Author:Brock Lesnar
“I'm scared of myself. I think I'd be a bad driver. I'm scared of cars, period. I've had too many friends killed now, and I've seen too many people killed in my life when I drove across the country when I was 12. I'm sure that has a lot to do with it. If you see a few real dead bodies with brains on the pavement, it does a lot to change your attitude. It means you can get it too. I've had a lot of relatives killed. I've had a lot of dear friends killed. It's stupid. The whole activity is stupid.” PeopleIfsThinkingMeanDoeRealCountryWholeBodyBrainAttitudeCarStupidPeriodsActivityDearScaredDriversDear FriendPavementMany FriendsChange Your Attitude Author:Ray Bradbury
“You can be careful as far as you can, but you never know when you're going to fall over and break your ankle. It's like when you drive a car, you don't think about crashing, do you?” ThinkingKnowsFallBreakCarCarefulBe CarefulAnkles Author:Andy Murray
“Travel in car, because you can stop. Air travel any more is a nightmare. I think it's the same for everyone. If I have a choice to stand in line to get x-rayed, or see scenery, I'll take scenery.” IfsThinkingChoicesLinesAirCarNightmareSceneryAir Travel Author:Steve Kimock
“I think we should only get 3 honks a month on the car horn. Then, someone cuts you off, you press the horn, and nothing happens. You're like, "Crap! I wish I hadn't seen Ricky on the sidewalk!"” ThinkingShouldHumorHappensFunnyWishCuttingCarMonthsPressesThings HappenCrapHornsSidewalk Author:Mitch Hedberg
“Every year I write a tax advice column and I used to always make fun of that. One year, one of my favorite IRS commissioners, I think his name was Roscoe somebody, wrote that one of the most often-asked questions by taxpayers was, "How can I contribute more?" Well, I tell ya, ol' Roscoe's really been doing situps under parked cars again. I've heard a lot of people ask a lot of questions about taxes, but I never heard anybody say, "How can I, the ordinary person, send more money for no reason?"” PeopleThinkingWritingYearsWellsPersonsReasonUsedAsksNamesFunHeardAdviceCarTaxesOrdinaryMy FavoriteNo ReasonMore MoneyTaxpayersColumnsIrsOrdinary PersonYear OneCommissioners Author:Dave Barry
“One of my pet peeves is that when people are in their automobiles, I think they're exceptionally rude on the road. I would love to have the superpower to make their cars break down after they do something rude on the road so the freeways would be littered with these jackasses who have broken-down cars.” PeopleThinkingWould BeBreakCarBrokenPetRudeBreaking DownAutomobileSuperpowerFreewaysBroken DownJackassesPeevesPet Peeve Author:Chris Carmack
“The fact that used cars is our largest category is a good example. We would not have sat in a conference room and said, "Hey, how about used cars?" So what can be learned that is extensible to other companies is to ask what are your customers doing with your products that maybe you didn't anticipate that they would do? How do you think of your customers as your research and development lab, as opposed to having an R&D lab at headquarters?” ThinkingSaidFactsUsedAsksRoomsBusinessCompanyCarExampleProductsDevelopmentResearchCustomersHeySatCategoriesConferencesAnticipateThink Of YouLabsGood ExamplesResearch And DevelopmentHeadquartersUsed Car Author:Meg Whitman
“The weight changes and balance that I have become accustomed to in riding have helped me to feel what the car is doing. It has become instinctive to me and I think that has something to do with why I am doing so well in my passion for racing.” ThinkingFeelsWellsPassionCarBalanceWeightRacingRidingAccustomedMy Passion Author:Liz Halliday
“In the future I would like to try other forms of racing, testing Formula cars or single seaters would be good, but again it is finding the time as I am incredibly busy. I don't think I have the time to try any other new sports. I have already cut skiing out of my routine in order to manage the racing and riding relationship. By the looks of things I am going to be busy for quite a few years.” ThinkingTryingYearsLooksWould BeFormOrderSportsCuttingCarFindingsBusyBe GoodManageRoutineFormulasRacingRidingTestingSkiing Author:Liz Halliday
“Food is fuel and it keeps us going just like a car needs petrol. When you're running a car it's important to think about what fuel you're putting in because if you put in the rough stuff, what's going to happen? The car's going to slow down and perform badly because you've neglected it.” IfsThinkingNeedsImportantHappensRunningStuffCarDown AndFuelRoughSlow DownNeglectedPetrol Author:William Katt
“I think women are great drivers. To be honest, I've only been in one car accident - one of my best friends, his wife was driving. She went into oncoming traffic, our car flipped almost four times. I didn't even have time to put on a seat belt, because they'd just picked me up.” ThinkingFourWifeHonestCarAccidentsDrivingBeing HonestSeatsDriversTrafficMy Best FriendBeltsFlippedCar AccidentSeat Belts Author:Dominic Cooper
“I quite fancy having a hover car, but I don't fancy everyone having one. Because I feel like I spend quite a lot of time stuck in traffic on the 405 but if everybody had one then they'd be scared and we'd crash, but if it was just me, then I think I would zoom home quite fast. I also quite fancy a phone attached to my hand but then I don't know if I fancy it being stuck to my body.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsHomeBodyHandsCarPhonesScaredStuckFancyCrashTrafficZoomStuck In Traffic Author:Kate Beckinsale
“I think I was always realistic - well, not the Percy thing, that was ridiculous - but I never dreamed of being a racing car driver or anything.” ThinkingWellsCarRidiculousDriversRealisticRacingRace Car Author:Alan Titchmarsh
“I think when you say to someone You are fool not to believe in evolution or a fool to believe the universe is 6000 years old. I think that gets translated as You are a fool to think that your daughter who died in a car accident is really in heaven with god.” ThinkingYearsBelieveReligionUniverseHeavenCarFoolEvolutionDaughterDiedAccidentsOur DaughterYour DaughterCar Accident Author:Sam Harris
“Obviously it's critical that the three cars are able to contribute to the program. I think that certainly has given much of the reason as to why we did so well at Indy over the last several years.” ThinkingYearsWellsReasonAbleLastsThreeGivenSportsCarProgramCritical Author:Bobby Rahal
“I think Katrina is one more indication of how inefficient and corrupt this Administration is, and indicates the absolute lack of seriousness that [George W.] Bush has in making the government respond to the needs of the people. They are so separated from the lives of normal, low-income people that it never occurred to them that if you're poor and have no money, no car, that you can't leave.” PeopleIfsThinkingNeedsGovernmentPoorCarNormalLowsAbsolutesIncomeAdministrationSeriousnessIndicationNo MoneyKatrinaLow Income Author:Bernie Sanders
“I think perfect dates involve walking a lot, and not a bunch of driving around in cars. Ideally, you can walk together and go to a restaurant.” ThinkingTogetherWalksPerfectCarWalkingDrivingBunchRestaurantsPerfect Date Author:James Mercer
“Sometimes I vocalize in the car. It's a good way to multitask. Although fellow drivers on the road think I'm craaaazy.” ThinkingWaySometimesCarFellowsDriversGood Way Author:Emmy Rossum
“I suspect losing paper maps but gaining GPS and online maps is a similar step function: maps still exist, but they're vastly more useful, not to say permanently up to date, in their new form. Again, I won't be shedding any tears, but I'll keep a paper road atlas in the back of my car for another few years, I think, Just In Case.” ThinkingYearsStillsFormStepsCasesCarTearsPaperLosingFunctionOnlineMapsSuspectsAtlasUp To DateGps Author:Charles Stross
“I've never learned to drive because I get lots of ideas when I'm a passenger in a car. I love to get in a car with a driver and just think and work things out.” ThinkingIdeasCarDriversPassengers Author:Damien Hirst
“You gotta know who you are, I think, as a person, I'm a laidback guy. I'm very simple. It's simplicity with me. Everything else, having the 10 cars or the 20 cars is ludicrous.” ThinkingKnowsPersonsGuySimpleCarWho You AreSimplicity Author:Darrelle Revis
“I don't think people are going to come down to Texas and see every person riding in a candy car or every person sipping syrup. But, for the most part, people got a lot of the stuff right, talking about the screwed music scene.” PeopleThinkingPersonsStuffTalkingCarSceneTexasRidingCandySyrupSipping Author:Chamillionaire
“When I'm riding in a car, I don't really listen to music. I turn the radio off and just be thinking, brainstorming. I'm one of these people that just like to brainstorm.” PeopleThinkingTurnsCarRadioRidingListening To MusicBrainstormingRiding In A Car Author:Chamillionaire
“I think that most technology is positive in the short term, and negative in the long term. I wonder, if somebody looked back at the 20th and 21st centuries a thousand years from now, what their perception of the car would be. Or of television. I wonder if over time, they'll be seen as this thing that drove the culture, but ultimately had more downside than upside.” IfsThinkingYearsLongWould BeCultureTermWonderTechnologyCenturyCarTelevisionThousandPerceptionNegativeLong TermThousand Years21st CenturyShort Term Author:Chuck Klosterman
“I think we should all feel lucky and blessed that people are still, in this day and age, getting in their cars with other people and driving to a location and paying money to sit in a theater and watch a play.” PeopleThinkingFeelsShouldStillsPlayAgeWatchesCarLuckyTheaterBlessedDrivingThis DayLocation Author:Cate Blanchett
“When I think of the pace that I drove my first race, everything was happening a million miles an hour. Now when I get in the car everything happens so much slower.” ThinkingFirstsHappensHoursRaceMillionsCarHappeningsMilesThings HappenPace Author:Dan Wheldon
“I think most people, in their lifetime, have seen somebody who has the ability to use force lord it over other individuals. I see a lot of those videos, and I am disturbed by people being yanked out of their cars, and it seems to be a disproportionate amount of young black men. I'm disturbed by it.” PeopleThinkingMenUseSeemsYoungIndividualForceBlackAbilityLordCarAmountLifetimeVideoDisturbed Author:Rand Paul
“Watching 40 mile chunks of ice break off of Antarctica will change your life forever, but realizing that driving a car, or flying a plane, or having a nice steak, or drinking from a plastic bottle all contributed to the destruction of the environment - it's a bit complex, but music needs to pave the way for getting people to think about this kind of complexity. I'm just doing my share.” PeopleThinkingWayNeedsKindBitsRealizingBreakForeverEnvironmentNiceShareCarDestructionDrinkingComplexesDrivingMilesFlyingIcePlanesComplexityBottlesPlasticChanging Your LifeSteakChunksAntarcticaBreak OffPlastic Bottles Author:DJ Spooky
“I think electric cars can help save Detroit. They reflect good decision-making, and there has been bad decision making in the auto industry for so long, in my view.” ThinkingLongHas BeensHelpingDecisionViewsCarIndustryDecision MakingElectricDetroitBad DecisionGood DecisionElectric CarAuto Industry Author:Chris Paine
“Oil companies earned a permanent enemy in me when they messed with the electric car the first time around, and I think they continue to do a disservice in making it seem like fossil fuels are cheaper than they really are in terms of total cost.” ThinkingFirstsSeemsTermCompanyEnemyCarCostFirst TimeOilPermanentFuelElectricFossilsCheaperFossil FuelDisserviceOil CompaniesElectric Car Author:Chris Paine
“They think they can make fuel from horse manure - now, I don't know if your car will be able to get 30 miles to the gallon, but it's sure gonna put a stop to siphoning.” IfsThinkingKnowsAbleFunnyScienceTechnologyCarHorseMilesFuelManureGallons Author:Billie Holiday
“I work out hard, and I do things that I feel make me better throughout the race and after the race. And I feel better mentally because of working out, being prepared and being in great shape. Driving the car, I think with reflexes and things throw at your so quickly, you have to make adjustments - the feeling of your car, the heat. Some tracks can be tough on your neck and arms, and other tracks, not so much. I think there's a lot there that definitely takes some athletic ability, and I think that helps being athletic and being prepared like that. It helps me for sure.” ThinkingFeelsHardHelpingFeelingsAbilityRaceCarArmsShapesToughPreparedTrackWork OutDrivingHeatNecksHelp MeFeel BetterAthleticAdjustmentReflexesAthletic Ability Author:Kasey Kahne
“Why do you sound surprised? I love America. Just because I think gay dudes should be allowed to adopt kids and we should all have hybrid cars doesn't mean I don't love America?” ThinkingShouldMeanKidsAmericaSoundCarGayHybridHybrid Cars Author:LIZ
“I'm in my father's car at age 9 or 10 crying to Leonard Cohen's 'Famous Blue Raincoat,' thinking that you could write nearly a love letter to a man who betrayed you by having an affair with your wife. I was thinking how wonderful and pure music can be for explaining situations.” ThinkingMenWritingAgeFatherSituationWifeWonderfulCarCryPureLettersBlueAffairBetrayedExplainingLove Letter Author:Lou Doillon
“Cars are necessary, but take a more humble one. Think of how many children die of hunger and dedicate the savings to them.” ThinkingChildrenDiesCarHungerHumbleSavingSavings Author:Pope Francis
“When you look at Steven Meisel's pictures and you see girls rolling around in mud or cars are blowing up? It takes a tremendous amount of courage to be able to do that. I think you have to be malleable, and that's what makes a truly great model. It's not the perfect lip or the perfect face, it's your own ability to take on a character and that's, I think, something there's a misconception about.” ThinkingLooksCharacterAbleFacesGirlAbilityPerfectCarAmountModelsLipsRollingMudMisconceptionBlowing UpPerfect FaceSteven Meisel Author:Michael Flutie
“The main thing is always try to find different voices for yourself. If you're in your car just driving somewhere you can try to start thinking about a voice you might want to do, like try a British accent.” IfsThinkingWantTryingDifferentMightVoiceCarBritishDrivingAccentsDifferent Voices Author:Ashly Burch