Tim Allen Quotes

It's an addictive thing. It's not so much I like to go win, but it's a rush.

Danger is like wine, it goes to your head.

I love fast cars... and to go too fast in them.

It's like you get a high off the jumps, and you crave it, and you want to do it again and again and again.

Running with the bulls was the scariest and craziest thing I have ever done.

isn't it funny how danger makes people passionate?

Do you ever just want to take your car out onto the highway and gun the engine as fast as you can and then close your eyes and see what happens?

I'm riveted by extreme sports like big-wave surfing, 'megaramp' skateboarding and half-pipe snowboarding. I'm fascinated partly because the sports are so exhilaratingly acrobatic. But I'm also captivated by the fear that a terrible accident might happen at any moment. And accidents do happen.

I like the edge of danger.

All sports have a zone, but ours is at 95 mph. You can feel the speed; you can feel the wind. It's the most euphoric thing I've ever done.

Stealing was a rush to me, more about the feeling than the thing I was stealing.

I love adrenaline. I like senseless violence.

The smell of fuel, driving on the limit on the edge of sliding, it just gives you a lot of adrenaline.

There is a joy in danger.

The adrenaline and stress of an adventure are better than a thousand peaceful days.

We are made of emotions, we are all looking for emotions, it's only a question of finding the way to experience them. There are many different ways of experience them all. Perhaps one different thing, only that, one particular thing that Formula One can provide you, is that you know we are always expose to danger, danger of getting hurt, danger of dying.

There's something exciting about being afraid.

The thing I enjoy about going fast is the risk-reward scenario you get. If you make good decisions, the benefits are amazing. If you get it wrong, you can lose so much.

Driving a race car is like dancing with a chain saw.

It was dangerous stuff. We were running on top of moving trains. We got to do amazing things. I like doing stuff like that. I enjoy it. But believe me, there were things that were so dangerous that I wasn't touching them.

Running the big rapids is like sex: half the fun lies in the anticipation. Two thirds of the thrill with the approach. The remainder is only ecstasy-or darkness.

If I ever feel that this is dangerous or I'm scared of it, then that probably draws me more towards it.

Well, Amber [Heard] is still raising her eyebrow at me because I said that I've been 180 miles per hour on the 405 freeway on a motorcycle and she doesn't believe me but it's a true story. I did it coming home from work at 3 in the morning on another movie I made about cars called Gone in 60 Seconds. 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.

Does it scare me, driving into nothing at 300kph? - Of course it does - I'm not an idiot.

Danger is to adventure what garlic is to spaghetti sauce. Without it, you just end up with stewed tomatoes.