Backseat Drivers Quotes

• We all have the temptation to be backseat drivers when it comes to decisions that don't work out the way we want.

  Don Mattingly

  Work Out, Decision, Temptation

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• A drunk driver is very dangerous. So is a drunk backseat driver if he's persuasive.

  Demetri Martin

  Drunk, Persuasive, Dangerous

  "Comedy Central Presents/ Demetri Martin". www.imdb.com. 2004.

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• I am like the little rock n' roll backseat driver.

  Nina Blackwood

  Rocks, Littles, Rock N Roll

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• Sometimes, things don't work out the way we want them to.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Work Out, Want, Way

  Twitter post from May 28, 2012

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• Thoughtful financial planning can easily take a backseat to daily life.

  Suze Orman

  Thoughtful, Planning, Financial

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• Not a mark on it. (Joe) Yeah. Wanna check the backseat, where Steele is sitting? I’ll bet there’s a big stain there. (Tee)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Sitting, Checks, Yeah

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• To his amazement, he could already hear Henry snoring in the backseat. That guy could fall asleep on a car trip to the mailbox.

  Heather Brewer

  Fall, Car, Guy

  Heather Brewer (2007). “The chronicles of Vladimir Tod: eighth grade bites”

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

  Mark Wahlberg

  Wheels, Looks, Driving

  "The GQ&A: Mark Wahlberg". Interview with Dan Hyman, www.gq.com. January 11, 2012.

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• It's easy to be a backseat driver. It's even easier to be a backseat driver when you're not even in the same car.

  Rick McCallum

  Car, Easy, Easier

  Source: collider.com

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• When perfectionism is driving us, shame is riding shotgun and fear is that annoying backseat driver!

  Brené Brown

  Riding, Driving, Annoying

  FaceBook post by Brené Brown from Jun 13, 2013

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• Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that it will work. But such governments are rare — most people want to run things, but want no part of the blame. This used to be called the “backseat driver” syndrome.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Running, Responsibility, Government

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.230, Penguin

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