Taxi Quotes

• Life is like riding in a taxi. Whether you are going anywhere or not, the meter keeps ticking.

  John C. Maxwell

  Life Is Like, Riding, Meter

  John C. Maxwell (2014). “Success: One Day at a Time”, p.102, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If, in New York, you arrive late for an appointment, say, "I took a taxi".

  Andre Maurois

  New York, Late, Appointments

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• No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.

  Ben Elton

  People, Waiting, Natural

  "Stark". Book by Ben Elton, 1989.

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• The one thing you shouldn't do is try to tell a cab driver how to get somewhere.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Funny, Travel, Texas

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.287, Vintage

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• I have done almost every human activity inside a taxi which does not require main drainage.

  Alan Brien

  Doe, Done, Drainage

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• This walking business is overrated: I mastered the art of doing it when I was quite small, and in any case, what are taxis for?

  Christopher Hitchens

  Art, Cases, Overrated

  Christopher Hitchens (2015). “And Yet...: Essays”, p.170, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Even running to catch a train or a taxi, you can enjoy the high energy of the moment.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Running, Energy, Moments

  Source: rayhemachandra.com

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• After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Sarcastic, Laughter, Humorous

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• The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.

  Fred Allen

  Humorous, Cities, Paris

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• No, in Lethal Weapon I was a taxi cab driver that Mel jumps in front of the taxi and pulls me out of the car and steals the taxi. Then I did some other indie driving for some of the car sequences.

  David R. Ellis

  Taxi Cabs, Car, Weapons

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In New York City, a lot of people think "the great outdoors" is the area between your front door and a taxi cab.

  Michael Bloomberg

  New York, Thinking, Cities

  Commencement Address At University Of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma, www1.nyc.gov. May 11, 2007.

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• If you got into a taxi and the driver started driving backward, would the taxi driver end up owing you money?

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Humor, Owing

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• The best moment of love is when the lover leaves in the taxi.

  Michel Foucault

  Love Is, Lovers, Moments

  Michel Foucault (2013). “Politics, Philosophy, Culture: Interviews and Other Writings, 1977-1984”, p.297, Routledge

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• It's the only thing to do when you're in London - hang out in a taxi.

  M.I.A.

  Hanging Out

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I think that anybody's craft is fascinating. A taxi driver talking about taxi driving is going to be very, very interesting.

  James Lipton

  Thinking, Talking, Interesting

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• A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.

  Groucho Marx

  Funny, Running, Witty

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• I do things like get in a taxi and say, "The library, and step on it.

  David Foster Wallace

  Inspirational, Reading, Book

  David Foster Wallace (2011). “Infinite Jest”, p.16, Hachette UK

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• I love Taxi Driver. When I saw it the first time, I didn't understand it, but I loved it because I thought the guy was really cool when he's talking to himself in the mirror.

  Vincent Paronnaud

  Mirrors, Talking, Guy

  Source: collider.com

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• I live in a bad neighborhood. Why, I saw two complete strangers share a taxi - yeah, one guy took the radio and the other guy took the tires.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Two, Guy, Radio

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• If transportation technology was moving along as fast as microprocessor technology, then the day after tomorrow I would be able to get in a taxi cab and be in Tokyo in 30 seconds.

  Danny Hillis

  Motivation, Moving, Inspiration

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• Here's how you know that you're really drunk: when you get into a taxi cab and you think the fare is the time.

  Dane Cook

  Drinking, Thinking, Taxi Cabs

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• Taxi drivers are the ones who pay me the most attention. They seem to be into River Cottage and have a dream of moving to the country, so I have chats with them.

  Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

  Dream, Country, Moving

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• I'm a terrible singer, but it helps when I have to call a taxi.

  Gordon Getty

  Singers, Helping, Terrible

  "'I want to make the world better'". Interview with Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.

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• I have a drivers licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.

  Ferran Adria

  Truth Is, Drivers

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