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

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.

I love Alfa Romeos and that [Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio] was tremendous.

The grace of joyful living gives strength to the bones.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

It's raining outside. How did you get here? And how did you get to be twenty-eight?

It's funny, particularly when you're a writer and you're doing well, you have that sense of like, "Oh! My view of the world is the one that's going to be published."

Does anyone really go into nursing intending to be apathetic, cold and removed from suffering? I find that very difficult to believe.

It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down.

I don't want to be grotesque, but when you're 330 pounds, it's hard to wipe your a-. You know?

Success doesn't come from pie-in-the-sky thinking. It's the result of consciously doing something each day that will add to your overall excellence.

I'm always fascinated by losers. Also, in my "Foucault's Pendulum," the main characters, who are in a way losers, they are more interesting than the winners.