#brake

I actually failed my first license test. I got an automatic fail. I guess I had been doing well but she had to pull the emergency brake so obviously there was a problem. I remember them handing me my fail paper and me just bursting into tears. ↗

— Jane Levy

#automatic #been #brake #bursting #doing

It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill. ↗

— John Gunther

#driving #equivalent #putting #suddenly #uphill

The only time it got really crazy was during 'Batman.' Anywhere I went in the world, people knew who I was. I was being offered these huge films that would have taken my career to a different level, and I decided to put on the brakes. I knew if I continued on that track, I probably wouldn't have gotten married. ↗

— Chris O'Donnell

#batman #being #brakes #career #continued

My life motto: My brakes are broke, but luckily my gas pedal works just fine.
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— Jarod Kintz

#broke #gas-pedal #go #life #motto

This double burden of disease is rapidly putting a serious brake on the development efforts of many countries. ↗

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

#burden #countries #development #disease #double

When you step on the brakes your life is in your foot's hands. ↗

— George Carlin

#foot #hands #life #step #you

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to. ↗

— Paul Valery

#brake #great #kind #man #mask

It was an unbelievable experience! The brakes, the g-forces and the power of the engine are beyond description. Thanks to BMW and WilliamsF1 for giving me this chance to test. The test team looked after me brilliantly and I learnt plenty. ↗

— Sebastian Vettel

#beyond #bmw #brakes #brilliantly #chance

There is a limit to the application of democratic methods. You can inquire of all the passengers as to what type of car they like to ride in, but it is impossible to question them as to whether to apply the brakes when the train is at full speed and accident threatens. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#application #apply #brakes #car #democratic

People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress. ↗

— Dale Turner

#boldness #brakes #lack #make #mistakes