The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment. Herbert Marcuse
We are the first nation in the history of the world to go to the poorhouse in an automobile. Will Rogers
Americans are broad-minded people. They’ll accept the fact that a person can be an alcoholic, a dope fiend, a wife beater, and even a newspaperman, but if a man doesn’t drive, there is something wrong with him. Art Buchwald
Except for the American woman, nothing interests the eye of the American man more than an automobile, or seems so important to him as an object of aesthetic appreciation. Alfred Hamilton Barr, Jr
Automobiles are free of egotism, passion, prejudice and stupid ideas about where to have dinner. They are, literally, selfless. A world designed for automobiles instead of people would have wider streets, larger dining rooms, fewer stairs to climb and no smelly, dangerous subway stations. P J O’Rourke
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. Robert Cringely
Car designers are just going to have to come up with an automobile that outlasts the payments. Erma Bombeck.
No other man-made device since the shields and lances of the ancient knights fulfils a man’s ego like an automobile. Sir William Rootes