#automobiles

Sooner or later the Internet will become profitable. It's an old story played before by canals, railroads and automobiles. ↗

— Paul Samuelson

#become #before #canals #internet #later

I thought that automobiles were going to have mufflers and go fast and airplanes were going to fly fast. ↗

— Jack Vance

#fast #fly #go #going #i

You talk about German technocracy and you get automobiles. ↗

— Gordon Sinclair

#about #automobiles #german #get #talk

Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles. ↗

— Paul Fussell

#advertise #affiliations #anxiety #automobiles #college

I'm not sure he's wrong about automobiles," he said. "With all their speed forward they may be a step backward in civilization -- that is, in spiritual civilization. It may be that they will not add to the beauty of the world, nor to the life of men's souls. ↗

— Booth Tarkington

#technology #transportation #beauty

I drive Fords, and I've driven American cars all my life, and I want to have a strong American manufacturing sector, especially in automobiles. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#automobiles #cars #drive #driven #especially