“If one's honest about it, spending time in a car with children is pretty ghastly.”

“A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately.”

“You know, if you're Guy Kawasaki and you create a car that gets 500 miles a gallon with zero emissions, people on the Internet would say: 'I could have done that in half an hour, and it's been done before. What's the big deal? I expected something more from him.' Meanwhile, they didn't do it, right? They're still living at home with their mothers.”

“I really like listening to music in my car.”

“Societies need rules that make no sense for individuals. For example, it makes no difference whether a single car drives on the left or on the right. But it makes all the difference when there are many cars!”

“I am going to miss that time when you take that corner better than anybody else could have taken it on that lap or you do that great qualifying lap or you make that great pass or you bring a crippled car home.”

“The fast, flowing parts, the high-speed corners, that's where a Formula One car is at its best - changes of direction, pulling high g-forces left and right.”

“Everybody has a gun in their car in Detroit.”

“You don't have to carry a designer bag that costs more than a car to look cool.”