Day: December 18, 2010

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man’s life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars. – Henry David Thoreau

A lot of celebrities just want money, fame, power, fancy cars, houses all over the world and have people bow down to them. To me, that’s frightful behaviour. – Shirley Manson

About 60 percent of the oil consumed daily by Americans is used for transportation, and about 45 percent is used for passenger cars and light trucks. – Sherwood Boehlert

All those rappers, they’re the only glamorous people working in music now. They dress up in these chains of gold, cars, girls and this and that, high-heeled shoes. – Bryan Ferry

As human beings, we’re very materialistic and have all this stuff – furs and cars and diamonds and money. – Smokey Robinson

Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost in efficiency. – Jay Inslee

Back then the cars had a trap door that we could pull open with a chain to check our tire wear.  – Tim Flock

But I’ve never felt that being an actress is being in a comfortable place. It’s seen from the outside that we’re being driven in big cars and having these gorgeous suites and all of that. But come on, it’s not about that. – Juliette Binoche

But my passion is racing cars. It’s what I like to do in my off time. – Mark-Paul Gosselaar

But the thing about bad guys is that they have the biggest bosomed blond, they have great clothes and cars, and get great death scenes. – Eric Roberts

But to personally satisfy my own adrenalin needs, I’ve been racing cars a little bit, which has been fun. – Picabo Street

Can I tell you how strange it is to look in your rearview mirror and see guys in cars tailing you? – David Schwimmer

Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses. – Gene Tierney

Celebrity is hawking make-up, cars, everything; it’s shifted. – Janice Dickinson

Corn ethanol can help in the short term, but it has serious limitations, and none of this is going to work if we don’t dramatically improve the efficiency of our cars and trucks. – David Friedman

Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners. – E. Joseph Cossman

Electric cars aren’t pollution-free; they have to get their energy from somewhere. – Alexandra Paul

Environmentalists have a very conflicted relationship with their cars. – Tom Arnold

Family trips to Yellowstone and to what are now national parks in Southern Utah, driving the primitive roads and cars of that day, were real adventures. – Paul D. Boyer

Fast cars are my only vice. – Michael Bay