David Jason Quotes

With his Model T, Henry Ford affected the world more than any other man in 1500 years.

A car isn't a classic just because it's old. To be a classic, a car has to tell us something of its time.

We're just getting started. We're just beginning to meet what will be the future-we've got the Model T.

1920 was an auspicious year for a young person to enter the world as an American citizen.

I don't know how to drive a car.

I've always wanted an old Vette... like, a '67 Stingray is the car I'd want.

When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked.

The driver of a racing car is a component. When I first began, I used to grip the steering wheel firmly, and I changed gear so hard that I damaged my hand.

I can now successfully drive a stick. That's a huge accomplishment.

My first car was a '56 Ford station wagon - cost 100 bucks.

There was a study done in the early 20th century of all the entrepreneurs who entered the automobile industry around the same time as Henry Ford; there were something like 500 automotive companies that got funded, had the internal combustion engine, had the technology, and had the vision. Sixty percent of them folded within a couple of years.

If you think about jeans or phones or television, we are used to new brands popping up right and left. But in the car industry, we grew up with Mercedes, BMW, General Motors, and Ford, and nobody can remember during his or her upbringing a new car brand coming to life.

At home I drive an old Land Rover.

I have one thing that I'm saving for my son. It's a 1965 Chevy Impala Super Sport. It's a beautiful sea-foam green color. It's like a teal green, white interior, and it's just a gorgeous car.

The genius idea of industrialism was the concept of the Model T: In exchange for something cheap and well-made, we'd forgo unique, lovely design.

When Henry Ford founded the company bearing his name in 1903, he saw the car as a means of providing freedom of mobility to people around the world.

In the movies, every crazy old fart needs a cool old car. Jack Nicholson drove a spiffy yellow 1970 Dodge Challenger two-door in 'The Bucket List.' In 'Gran Torino,' the cranky pensioner played by Clint Eastwood not only owned a 1972 GT Sport, he also used to build cars like that at the Ford plant.

I've always wanted to build a '37 Lincoln Zephyr.

I have a whole new appreciation for Carroll Shelby, the Ford program of the 1960s, and it's awesome that Superformance is keeping the dream alive with their incredible cars.

The first car the family owned was a Model A.

Nikola Tesla, one of Colorado's famous residents, always believed that the gasoline engine made no sense.

We've always loved the automobile, and we all love Henry Ford's original vision to open the highways to all mankind, the freedom and movement.

Driving on gravel is very demanding. There are lots of movements on the steering wheel which put a lot of stress on my arm and my hand.

I think it's impossible to drive a Formula One car with one hand.

I had never driven in England on the left side of the road. I had never driven an automatic car.