{"id":375379,"date":"2010-03-01T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ridelust.com\/?p=38871"},"modified":"2010-03-01T11:00:29","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T16:00:29","slug":"the-50-greatest-automotive-quotes-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/375379","title":{"rendered":"The 50 Greatest Automotive Quotes of all Time."},"content":{"rendered":"

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We all love famous quotes don\u2019t we? Little snippets of verbiage that for whatever the reasons, are so profound that they stay with us forever. <\/p>\n

Some, like Neil Armstrong\u2019s<\/em> famous moon landing quote have made history: That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Others, like the beauties from Yogi Berra <\/em>of the New York Yankees<\/em> have just made us laugh and wonder: You can observe a lot just by watching<\/strong> or Baseball is 90% mental — the other half is physical<\/strong>\u2026 WTF?<\/p>\n

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Since this is an automotive site I thought it may be entertaining to put together a listing of some of the greatest quotes as they pertain to the automobile industry and racing. I\u2019ve included the photos of those who said them as well\u2026 who knows, maybe their pictures will give you a little insight as to the reasons why they said what they said. Either way though there are some kickers in there, so start reading and enjoy.<\/p>\n

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1. To finish first, you must first finish.<\/strong> \u2013 Rick Mears
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\n2. Nobody remembers the guy who finished second but the guy who finished second.<\/strong> \u2013 Bobby Unser
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\n3. The winner ain\u2019t the one with the fastest car, it\u2019s the one who refuses to lose. <\/strong>\u2013 Dale Earnhardt<\/em><\/p>\n

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4. You win some, you lose some, you wreck some.<\/strong> \u2013 Dale Ernhardt Sr.<\/em><\/p>\n

5. Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines.<\/strong> – Enzo Ferrari<\/em><\/p>\n

6. The client is not always right.<\/strong> \u2013 Enzo Ferrari<\/em><\/p>\n

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7. If you think the last 4 words of the national anthem are gentlemen, start your engines, you might be a redneck.<\/strong> – Jeff Foxworthy.<\/em>
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\n8. Need to tie some kerosene rags around his ankles so the ants don’t eat his candy #$@<\/strong> – Dale Earnhardt<\/em> speaking of Mark Martin<\/em>.<\/p>\n

9. The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical.<\/strong> – F1 commentator Murray Walker.<\/em><\/p>\n

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10. Turbochargers are for people who cant build engines.<\/strong> – Keith Duckworth<\/em><\/p>\n

11. Here Kitty Kitty Kitty!<\/strong> – Tony Stewart<\/em><\/p>\n

12. We broke something, I think it was traction…<\/strong> – Carl Edwards<\/em> after getting spun out by Dale Jr. at Michigan<\/p>\n

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13. Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports… all the others are games.<\/strong> – Ernest Hemingway<\/em><\/p>\n

14. Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls.<\/strong> – Stirling Moss<\/em><\/p>\n

15. Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death…<\/strong> – Hunter Thompson<\/em><\/p>\n

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16. I don’t know driving in another way which isn’t risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other’s.<\/strong> – Ayrton Senna<\/em><\/p>\n

17. It is amazing how may drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down.<\/strong> – Mario Andretti
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\n18. Once you’ve raced, you never forget it…and you never get over it.<\/strong> – Richard Childress<\/em><\/p>\n

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19. Race cars are neither beautiful nor ugly. They become beautiful when they win.<\/strong> – Enzo Ferrari <\/em>
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\n20. There’s no secret. You just press the accelerator to the floor and steer left.<\/strong> – Bill Vukovich<\/em>
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\n21. To achieve anything in this game you must be prepare to dabble in the boundary of disaster. <\/strong>– Sterling Moss<\/em><\/p>\n

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22. To achieve anything in this game you must be prepare to dabble in the boundary of disaster.<\/strong> – Sterling Moss<\/em><\/p>\n

23. What’s behind you doesn’t matter.<\/strong> – Enzo Ferrari <\/em><\/p>\n

24. When you win a race your on top that day, so take it for what its worth, have a good time and party, cause the next day when you get out of bed, the meter goes back to zero again. <\/strong>– Bobby Allison<\/em><\/p>\n

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25. No, no, he didn’t slam you, he didn’t bump you, he didn’t nudge you… he *rubbed* you. And rubbin, son, is racin’.<\/strong> – Harry Hogge<\/em>, Days of Thunder<\/p>\n

26. If you can leave two black stripes from the exit of one corner to the braking zone of the next, you have enough horsepower.<\/strong> – Mark Donohue<\/em><\/p>\n

27. If you’re in control, you’re not going fast enough.<\/strong> – Parnelli Jones<\/em><\/p>\n

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28. Mr. Bentley – He builds fast trucks.<\/strong> – Ettore Bugatti<\/em><\/p>\n

29. Why worry about death, it’ll come sooner or later.<\/strong> – Jim Dunn<\/em><\/p>\n

30. Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary\u2026 that\u2019s what gets you. <\/strong> – Jeremy Clarkson<\/em><\/p>\n

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31. Auto racing began 5 minutes after the second car was built. <\/strong>– Henry Ford<\/em><\/p>\n

32. As far as cheating goes, they’ll never stop it. The only way it can be done successfully, only one person can know about it.<\/strong> – Smokey Yunick<\/em><\/p>\n

33. It’s like flying jet fighters in a gymnasium <\/strong>– Dick Trickle <\/em>was asked what racing at Windchester Speedway was like.<\/p>\n

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34. You can’t fix stupid <\/strong>– Larry Morgan,<\/em> NHRA Pro Stock driver<\/p>\n

35. You can tell that you’re in trouble when you feel the air on the back of your neck instead of in your face. <\/strong>– Buddy Baker<\/em><\/p>\n

36. I got hit in the head pretty hard. My clock ran backwards for two years.<\/strong> – Buddy Baker<\/em><\/p>\n

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37. He ran out of talent about halfway through the corner.<\/strong> – Buddy Baker<\/em><\/p>\n

38. After the third flip, I lost control………… <\/strong>– Don Roberts<\/em> after crashing in the Jade Grenade at New England Dragway in 1975.<\/p>\n

39. We worked 80 hour weeks for 30 years to keep from having to get a real job.<\/strong> – Tom Lemon’s<\/em> comment on the rigors of being a drag racing.<\/p>\n

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40. It’s basically the same, just darker. <\/strong>– Alan Kulwicki<\/em>, on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons.<\/p>\n

41. Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 miles per hour upside down. <\/strong>– Dave Barry<\/em><\/p>\n

42. If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari.<\/strong> – Gilles Villeneuve<\/em><\/p>\n

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43. There are seven winners of the Monaco Grand Prix on the starting line today, and four of them are Michael Schumacher.<\/strong> – Murray Walker<\/em><\/p>\n

44. When I raced a car last it was at a time when sex was safe and racing was dangerous. Now, it’s the other way round. <\/strong> – Hans Stuck<\/em><\/p>\n

45. I love this kind of racing, (but) these guys sure change their personalities in race mode. They’re like Doberman Pinschers with a hand grenade in their mouths. – <\/strong>Road racer Boris Said<\/em> speaking of NEXTEL Cup drivers.<\/p>\n

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46. The crashes people remember, but drivers remember the near misses.<\/strong> – Mario Andretti<\/em><\/p>\n

47. When I started racing my father told me, ‘Cristiano, nobody has three balls but some people have two very good ones.<\/strong> – Cristiano Da Matta<\/em><\/p>\n

48. Moonshiners put more time, energy, thought, and love into their cars than any racer ever will. Lose on the track, and you go home. Lose with a load of whiskey, and you go to jail. <\/strong> – Junior Johnson,<\/em> NASCAR legend, and one time whiskey runner.<\/p>\n

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49. There have been other tracks that separated the men from the boys. This is the track that will separate the brave from the weak after the boys are gone.<\/strong> – Driver Jimmy Thompson<\/em> speaking about Daytona International Speedway.<\/p>\n

50. Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog. <\/strong>\u2013 Damon Hill<\/em><\/p>\n

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We all love famous quotes don\u2019t we? Little snippets of verbiage that for whatever the reasons, are so profound that they stay with us forever. Some, like Neil Armstrong\u2019s famous moon landing quote have made history: That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Others, like the beauties from Yogi Berra of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3854,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-375379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3854"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}