I dish the dirt out and I can take it. But why should my mother and children have to take it?

Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.

Multi-tasking is the ability to screw everything up simultaneously.

I'm sorry, but having an Aston Martin DB9 on the drive and not driving it is a bit like having Keira Knightley in your bed and sleeping on the couch.

Change gear, change gear, check mirror, murder a prostitute, change gear, change gear, murder. That's a lot of effort in a day.

A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.

Being smarter than you look is better than looking smarter than you are.

I started to realise that being impolite saves an awful lot of time and costs you nothing.

Speed focuses the mind. It cuts through the fog of drab everyday living and keeps us on our toes. Speed works. Speed saves lives. Speed is good. And we should have more of it, not less.

This car is more fun than the entire French air force crashing into a firework factory.

We all know that small cars are good for us. But so is cod liver oil. And jogging.

It is imperative that we replace those who think they own this country, with those who built it.

To reach the high notes in life, you must open your heart to sing.

No matter how long a log of wood remains in the river it does not become a crocodile

I think everybody has somebody for them, and they're out there waiting for you somewhere.

I survived a number of garage bands during my teens and early twenties, both as drummer and guitarist. It's nigh impossible for me to listen to music without parsing it.

Here lies Groucho Marx and Lies and Lies and Lies P.S. He never kissed an ugly girl.

America needs an adult in the White House who knows how to deal with China.

My biggest vulnerability now is my son, Hudson. I am often plagued with fear: Is he ok? Is he safe? I'm in the process of trying to work through this fear. It's a hard one.

One step at a time is enough for me. Impatience is simply a way of beating yourself up.

The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.