Thomas Friedman Quotes

I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.

When I was young, I would drive so fast. Now I see it a different way.

I'm a bit of a reckless driver.

I knew that by getting behind the wheel of the car and having had something to drink, the responsibility laid on my shoulders.

There are certain things people always bring up with me. The accident. The drugs. And how tight my pants were.

To have some idea what it's like, stand in the outside lane of a motorway, get your mate to drive his car at you at 95 mph and wait until he's 12 yards away, before you decide which way to jump.

One night I was driving and so infatuated with dipping French fries into my milk shake that I drove right through a stop sign. The cop who pulled me over had no mercy.

I bought a Yamaha-1 and I was doing 180 miles per hour home on the 405 and that's really, really crazy but I did it.

By the time I was a teenager, my desire to be daring and taste everything got me in trouble. Too often, I was in the company of kids my parents would call 'wild.'

When I was a kid it was like, who could be the coolest? Who could do the stupidest thing? And you knew it was a stupid thing to do, but you would do it just so you could be the coolest guy. And then you end up doing really cruel crap.

When I'm in bars or clubs, it gets to the point where I feel I'm obliged to streak. It's not a problem.

Look, if you're driving down the highway at 120 miles an hour, I'd rather be behind the wheel than in the backseat.

I think I streaked one time when I was 16, which was scary.

I've diced with death the most cycling around London. Black cabs are far more dangerous than polar bears.

In a sensitive matter, where its own ignorance could scarcely have been greater, Congress would have been better advised to leave the conduct of foreign policy in the hands of those who have been constitutionally charged with it.

We should not, however, proceed with the adventure simply because we are wound up and cannot stop.

Congress has chosen to recognize that a president may be forced to pursue legitimate foreign policy objectives by covert means. Such recognition, however, does not mean it surrenders the right to be informed of covert measures so that it can express its views as to the legitimacy of the goals or the wisdom of seeking to achieve them.

Congress has a constitutional right to an authoritative voice in declaring and proscribing the foreign policy of the United States ... and it is the constitutional duty of the President to respect that policy ...

Foreign policy is always a sticking point between Congress and the executive.

Always be prudent but never hesitant.

Putin's recent penchant for high stakes wagers may prove even harder for Western leaders to handle than a policy of consistent expansionism, A rational imperialist can be contained, but the appropriate response to a gambler who makes snap decisions based on short term factors is less clear.

Sometimes I was like Beavis and Butt-head growing up. I know people who lit their friend's house on fire accidentally.

It's true that I've driven through a number of red lights on occasion, but on the other hand, I've stopped at a lot of green ones but never gotten credit for it.

Anyone who dials a phone while driving is flirting with death. And anyone who texts while driving is insane.

I like a drink and enjoy being Jack the Lad. I've had a few scraps and spent a night in a cell.