Colin Jost Quotes

I like taking the subway to work.

I, unfortunately, take the subway a lot. It's not my preference, but it is my lot in life.

I take the subway to work. I love mass transportation.

If you could take a subway from the suburbs in Boston, where I live, to downtown in 10 minutes, that improves your life over sitting in a traffic jam. People should see that.

In Paris, the people go in the Metro, they move, they go to their offices, 8 a.m. in the morning - it's like remote control.

The goal of mass transit is to convince people to abandon their cars, which feature such enticing accessories as CD players and elbow room.

I moved to New York when I was 10, from Rio de Janeiro. So there was no need for driving: I took the subway, cabs and the bus.

Whether you live in a city or a small town, and whether you drive a car, take the bus or ride a train, at some point in the day, everyone is a pedestrian.

Being a pedestrian again is very exciting because in L.A. you live in your car, and you're on a freeway all the time.

If people didn't read books on the subway, underground journeys would be dreary.

Life's too short when you find yourself sitting in a car for four hours every day trying to get from East L.A. to West L.A. to Hollywood and then back to East L.A.

As you move away from mass transit you become more dependent on the automobile, so you have to spread the housing out more to accommodate the cars.

A million people a day go to work in this city and they drive themselves. I don't see why I'm any different.

We city dwellers, we residents of Los Angeles and the surrounding areas, are for the most part urbanized to some extent. We know deadlines, start times and traffic.

Believe it or not, I've never been on the subway.

Living in N.Y.C. has truly awakened me to the New York elite and their penchant for the city's self-described brilliant public transit system. I think it sucks... just like public transit always does.

I understand how it feels to stand in a crowded train, to be stuck in congested traffic.

I lived in Los Angeles for a long time, and in a lot of ways, I felt like I lived in my car.

I bloody love transport and plotting a route through London.

I am a New Yorker! Mass transit is my sweet ride. I know the subway system like the back of my hand.

I still don't have a car. I still travel by public transport. I take autos to travel to and fro for recordings.

I take the subway four times a day, or close to it. I just love the subway! My grandfather worked as an electrician when they were digging the subway.

Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?

The energy crisis has given new urgency to the need to improve public transportation, not only in our cities but in rural areas as well…. Mass transit is an essential element of the improvement of life in our cities and towns.

Having to wake up at seven and go take the subway every morning, having to get over there with all these commuters and see every possible face of humanity and realizing that you're just the same as these other people is actually an amazingly positive thing.