“NASCAR does a good job of trying to keep things equal with new rules. We're not allowed to have computers in our cars to tell the crew what's going on. So the only thing you have is the driver, and the driver-crew chief relationship. That's the most important thing.” TryingDoeImportantJobsCarEqualComputerImportant ThingsChiefsDriversCrewGood JobNascar Author:Jimmie Johnson
“I've been taught from a young age to want to be the best driver... It was about being the best driver and not the best girl.” WantAgeYoungGirlTaughtBeing The BestDriversYoung Age Author:Danica Patrick
“I'm not promoting myself as the next great American driver, as some people are describing me. If that's what people want to call me, fine. But I've got more important things to focus on.” PeopleIfsWantImportantNextFocusFineImportant ThingsCall MeDriversPromotingDescribingGreat AmericanDescribe Me Author:Buddy Rice
“Dale Earnhardt was the best race car driver there will ever be in NASCAR. I would hope you don't expect me to replace him because nobody ever will.” RaceCarDriversRace CarNascarRace Car Driver Author:Kevin Harvick
“As a race car driver, driving is the easy part. The hard part is containing the emotions on the race track.” HardEasyRaceEmotionCarTrackDrivingDriversContainingRace CarRace Car DriverRace Track Author:Kevin Harvick
“The 2 timeless drivers that underpin the behavior of every generation: the need to belong and the need to be significant. The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” WorldNeedsMeanLanguageGenerationsLimitsBehaviorSignificantDriversTimeless Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein
“Waitresses, soldiers, rickshaw drivers, old ladies selling vegetables - my father would schmooze anybody. He was Clintonesque before the word existed. And, of course, it paid dividends. Ill-tempered guards at the most notorious border crossings waved him through with cheery smiles. Haughty maitre d's fawned over him.” CoursesFatherPaidSoldierIllSellingBordersDriversVegetablesCrossingsOld LadyDividendsWaitressNotoriousHaughtyIll TemperedRickshaw Author:Scott Anderson
“From the five years, 1968-73, if you were an F1 driver at that time, there was a very likely chance that you would have died.” IfsYearsChanceFiveDiedFive YearsDrivers Author:Jackie Stewart
“I'm a product of older filmmakers I guess, the past where you get to make movies and scenes are what they are. You know if you think about Scorsese back in the day when he was making Taxi Driver, or Coppola or Frankenheimer, Sidney Lumet, they're making films where you witness violence in a real way.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayRealPastFilmViolenceProductsSceneWitnessFilmmakerDriversTaxiBack In The DayScorsese Author:Antoine Fuqua
“These commercials, I directed them all from inside the tracking vehicle, so I was traveling about 85mph most of the time, so there wasn't really anyone sitting beside me other than the driver. But, you know, yeah the agency is there and VW is there, which is- they're paying for it all and also because the agency created the boards, they want to make sure that you're not going off the rails in executing it. And also they can help, because they- it's a very different thing to cinema.” KnowsWantDifferentHelpingSittingYeahCinemaBoardsAgencyDifferent ThingsDriversVehicleRailTrackingExecuting Author:Paul W. S. Anderson
“I saw someone label me as a dubstep producer but I'm definitely not a dubstep producer. There's nothing wrong with that, though, because that's major. But it's like a school bus driver being labeled as a NASCAR driver. I would love to be a NASCAR driver, but I drive buses for a living.” SchoolSawsMajorsProducersLabelsDriversBusNascarBus DriverSchool BusDubstep Author:AraabMuzik
“I remember learning to drive on my dad's lap. Did you guys ever do that? He'd work the brakes. I'd work the wheel. Then I went to take the driver's test and sat on the examiner's lap. I failed the exam. But he still writes to me. That's the really nice part.” WritingStillsRememberGuyNiceDadTestsMy DadSatWheelsDriversLapReally NiceExamBrake Author:Garry Shandling
“We take fabulousness for granted sometimes. We forget what hard work it is. Indeed, when you consider the grueling hours your average celebrity puts in on the movie set and in the recording studio, when you think of them returning to their mansions so dead tired their drivers have to help them out of the car, well, it just makes you want to cry.” ThinkingWantWellsSometimesHardHelpingHoursForgetCarCryHard WorkTiredAverageStudiosGrantedWorking ItDriversMansionsMovie SetsRecording Studio Author:Leonard Pitts
“Our internationalism is the driver of our nationalism.” NationalismDriversInternationalism Author:Alex Salmond
“Every songwriter lives to have at least one song that a cab driver who asks 'You write anything I know?' will recognize.” KnowsWritingSongAsksDriversSongwritersCabCab Drivers Author:Rupert Holmes
“It is a wry commentary on the value-system in the United States that one speaks there of "teacher training" and "driver education."” StatesValuesSpeakUnitedUnited StatesTeacherTrainingDriversCommentaryValue SystemsWryTeacher Training Author:Peter Hilton
“If I have sex, I know my quarterly estimated taxes must be due. And if it's oral sex, I know it's time to renew my driver's license.” IfsKnowsSexTaxesDuesDriversLicense Author:Ray Romano
“Money is just a tool. It will take you anywhere you want, but you have to be the driver” WantToolsDrivers Author:Ayn Rand
“This is gonna sound stupid, but I saw at one point that our mothers are ... bus drivers. No, they are the bus. See, they're the vehicle that gets us here. They drop us off and go on their way. They continue on their journey. And the problem is that we keep tryin' to get back on the bus, instead of just lettin' it go.” WayProblemMotherSoundSawsJourneyStupidGoes OnDriversGet BackBusVehicleSopranosBus Driver Author:James Gandolfini
“When the bus driver gets off the bus, who shuts the door?” DoorsDriversBusBus Driver Author:Bill Engvall
“Air and Water can just swirl around being swirly, and Fire is just kind of aggressive, but my gut feeling is that Earth needs to work for a living. Earth has stuff to be doing. Earth is busy. Earth is solid and responsible and works hard. Earth is reliable. Earth is the designated driver of the elements and will always come over and feed the cat when you're out of town.” NeedsKindHardFeelingsEarthStuffWaterFireAirHard WorkElementsCatTownsResponsibleBusyGutsDriversAggressiveGut FeelingsSwirlsAir And Water Author:Ursula Vernon
“We must of necessity be servant to someone, either to God or to sin. The man who surrenders to Christ exchanges a cruel slave driver for a kind and gentle master whose yoke is easy and whose burden is light.” MenKindLightEasyChristSinHe ManMastersSlaveBurdenSurrenderGentleServantDriversYoke Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“Capital investment in fixed assets that produce real goods is the actual driver of long term economic growth, and until slick financiers hijacked the country with 'new economy' mumbo-jumbo based on computer models and hype most Americans understood this.” LongRealCountryGrowthTermEconomyEconomicProduceComputerModelsUnderstoodInvestmentFixedLong TermGoodsDriversAssetsEconomic GrowthHypeSlickFinanciersCapital Investment Author:Richard Karn
“Obama and his Democrats need to be placed on the defensive. They are the primary drivers of this spending; they are the obstructers of entitlement reform and the national debt continues to burn while they fiddle.” NeedsDemocratDebtSpendingReformPrimariesDriversEntitlementFiddleNational Debt Author:David Limbaugh
“Economic systems work better when there's an extreme reliability ethos. And the traditional way to get a reliability ethos, at least in past generations in America, was through religion. The religions instilled guilt. ... And this guilt, derived from religion, has been a huge driver of a reliability ethos, which has been very helpful to economic outcomes for man.” MenWayHas BeensAmericaPastGenerationsEconomicHugeGuiltExtremesTraditionalOutcomesHelpfulDriversEconomic SystemsEthosReliabilityPast Generations Author:Charlie Munger
“There was only really one accident that was kinda bad but it was nothing to do with booze, just bad luck... I was having a hard time a couple of years ago... I'm a good driver, I just had bad luck.” YearsHardCoupleYears AgoLuckAccidentsHard TimesDriversBad LuckBoozeHaving A Hard Time Author:Billy Joel
“I know one thing. If a NASCAR driver ever got on the court with me, they wouldn't be able to keep up. That would be like me driving a bus in a NASCAR race.” IfsKnowsWould BeAbleRaceOne ThingCourtDrivingLike MeDriversBusNascar Author:Kenny Smith
“I wish they would pass a law where all Democrats and Republicans had to wear NASCAR racing suits, because if you look at the NASCAR drivers, it tells who their sponsors are. And if they do that, we could then become informed voters, because we would know who owns them.” IfsKnowsLooksLawWishRepublicanDemocratSuitsDriversVotersRacingSponsorsNascarNascar Racing Author:Jesse Ventura
“I have a driver in London because I am slightly dyslexic and cannot drive in the U.K.; after all, the traffic runs the opposite way to that in the United States.” WayStatesRunningUnitedUnited StatesOppositesLondonDriversTrafficDyslexic Author:Tom Ford
“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
“On the river path in Boston beauty was most expressed as youth and intelligence. That made sense; sixty degree-giving institutions, some three hundred thousand students; that meant at least one hundred fifty thousand more nubile young women than demographics would ordinarily suggest. Maybe that was why young men stayed in Boston when their college years were over, maybe that explained why they were so intellectually hyperactive, so frustrated, so alcoholic, such terrible drivers.” MenGivingYearsMadeYoungThreePathYouthStudentsCollegeTerribleThousandDegreesHundredRiversInstitutionsYoung ManFiftyDriversSixtyFrustratedYoung WomenBostonAlcoholicsDemographicsCollege Years Author:Kim Stanley Robinson
“All my life I have painted pictures so that certain people would drop dead when they looked at them, but I have not succeeded yet. The worst painting cant hurt you, but a bad driver can kill you, a bad judge can send you to the chair, a bad politician can ruin an entire country, That is why even a bad painting is sacred.” PeopleCountryCertainHurtWorstPaintingJudgingPoliticianSacredRuinsChairsDriversCant Author:Man Ray
“I love Taxi Driver. When I saw it the first time, I didn't understand it, but I loved it because I thought the guy was really cool when he's talking to himself in the mirror.” FirstsGuyTalkingSawsFirst TimeMirrorsDriversReally CoolTaxi Author:Vincent Paronnaud
“It's easy to be a backseat driver. It's even easier to be a backseat driver when you're not even in the same car.” EasyCarEasierDriversBackseatBackseat Drivers Author:Rick McCallum
“The United States is the only country where a driver can have a successful career - either in stock cars or IndyCar - and he won't need a passport.” NeedsCountryStatesUnitedCareersUnited StatesSuccessfulCarDriversPassportsSuccessful Career Author:Mario Andretti
“Sometimes I get frustrated in traffic. I typically start going deep with my cab driver and Twitter feed - simultaneously - to take my mind off the gridlock. I enjoy live-tweeting my cab rides.” MindSometimesEnjoyDriversFrustratedTrafficCabGridlockCab Drivers Author:Andy Cohen
“The argument that women who become pregnant have in some sense consented to the pregnancy belies realityand others who are the inevitable losers in the contraceptive lottery no more 'consent' to pregnancy than pedestrians 'consent' to being struck by drunk drivers.'” ArgumentDrunkInevitableDriversPregnancyLoserPregnantConsentLotteryPedestriansContraceptives Author:Dawn Johnsen
“It's like everyone I have dinner with, I'm having an affair with. Who was it I met the other day? Minnie Driver! She seems charming, but that's the only time I've met her.” SeemsMetsAffairDinnerDriversCharmingOnly TimeMinnie Author:Mick Jagger
“Population is a strong driver of the economy as well as the quality of the labor force.” WellsStrongForceQualityEconomyLaborPopulationDriversLabor Force Author:Ali Babacan
“So a man jumps into a taxi and says "King Arthur's close" and the taxi driver says, "don't worry we'll lose him at the next lights".” MenLightNextLosesWorryKingsDriversTaxiArthurKing Arthur Author:Tommy Cooper
“My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog.” GuySportsMy FavoriteDriversBad GuysUnderdog Author:Bo Jackson
“I think as a 20-year-old you expect life to always be easy. You get given a good hand and the chance to race in Formula One. You think the driver can make the difference, can make up for everything else within the team. But that is not the case. You are racing in such a competitive sport so that doesn't happen.” ThinkingYearsHandsHappensGivenEasySportsDifferencesChanceRaceCasesTeamDriversFormulasRacingOld YouFormula OneCompetitive Sports Author:Jenson Button
“Everyone is in awe of the lion tamer in a cage with half a dozen lions-everyone but a school bus driver.” SchoolHalfAweDriversBusLionsDozenCagesBus DriverSchool Bus Author:Laurence J. Peter
“Victoria Beckham is so nasty, why doesn't she just go home?! Her dresses are beautiful, but I don't care what she does. She's mean to all the people around her. She's too short to be a diva. We all use the same hairdressers, make-up artists, limo-drivers and greeters at the airports in LA and nobody has anything nice to say about her. They say she's rude. She can't always just be having a bad day.” PeopleMeanDoeUseHomeCareBeautifulArtistNiceDressesDon't CareI Don't CareDriversNastyRudeAirportsToo ShortBad DayVictoriaHairdresserBeckhamHaving A Bad DayLimosMake Up Artist Author:Joan Rivers
“Sure, I've gotten old. I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees... I've fought prostate cancer and diabetes. I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, and take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. I have bouts with dementia, poor circulation, hardly feel my hands or feet anymore, can't remember if I'm 85 or 92, but... thank God, I still have my Florida driver's license!” IfsFeelsStillsTwoDifferentHandsRememberPoorHalfFeetSubjectsBlindCancerHipsKneesDriversThank GodEnginesFloridaSurgeryLicenseJetMedicationDiabetesCirculationDementiaReplacementsDizzyBypassProstateBlackoutsProstate CancerJet Engines Author:Red Buttons
“Know thou the self (spirit) as riding in a chariot, The body as the chariot. Know thou the intellect as the chariot-driver, And the mind as the reins. The senses, they say, are the horses; The objects of sense, what they range over. The self combined with senses and mind Wise men call "the enjoyer.” KnowsMenMindSelfBodySpiritWiseObjectsHorseIntellectSensesRangeDriversRidingReinsChariots Author:Albert Pike
“I want to see riots! I want to see the kind of riots where cab drivers are afraid to pick up white people! I want to see this guy!” PeopleWantKindGuyWhitePicksDriversThis GuyRiotCabCab Drivers Author:Bill Maher
“You know what I never get with the limo? The tinted windows. Is that so people don't see you? Yeah, what a better way not to have people notice you than taking a thirty foot Cadillac with a TV antenna and a uniformed driver. How discreet. Nobody cares who's in the limo. You see a limo go by, you know it's either some rich jerk or fifty prom kids with $1.75 each.” PeopleKnowsWayCareKidsRichFeetTvsWindowYeahThirtyFiftyDriversBetter WaysJerkPromNobody CaresDiscreetCadillacsAntennaLimos Author:Jerry Seinfeld
“As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. I'd get ready by myself. I'd set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to work, the family driver driving me every morning. I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up.” ChildrenSchoolParentMorningReadyDrivingGet UpDriversEvery MorningAlarmsUp Early Author:Janet Jackson
“Sex after one child shows down. After twins... ooh... I'll tell you what it is for us. I'll share it with you. Every three months. We don't plan it that way. That's just how it works out. It's the weirdest thing. You know what I do? Every time I have sex, the next day I pay my estimated tax. My quarterlies are due. If it's oral sex, I renew my driver's license.” IfsKnowsWayChildrenShowsThreeNextSexPayPlansShareMonthsTaxesWork OutDuesDriversTwinsNext DayLicenseThree Months Author:Ray Romano