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Car is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Not who you're looking for? Others named Car: motorized road vehicle designed to carry one to eight people · set of mythological Greek characters · eponymous king of Caria, inventer of augury from birds · genus of insects
“I think cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals. I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists, and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object.”
“And therein lies the reason why motor industry people don't fawn on journalists. They're in the hot seat, deciding who gets to drive what and who gets to go where. Why should they grovel when they know that without their assistance the motoring journalist is up the creek without a boat, nevermind a paddle?”
“Not a single pedestrian has run over a car yet, but for some reason motorists are still unhappy.”
“When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.”
“Any car can serve you for the rest of your life if you drive carelessly. (Salami Kozerski)”
“Automobiles go hither and yon, wherever and whenever the driver desires, without timetables. Automobiles encourage people to think they—unsupervised, untutored, and unscripted—are masters of their fates. The automobile encourages people in delusions of adequacy, which make them resistant to government by experts who know what choices people should make.”
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