Top Gear Quotes - Page 2

• Racing cars which have been converted for road use never really work. It's like making a hard core adult film, and then editing it so that it can be shown in British hotels. You'd just end up with a sort of half hour close up of some bloke's sweaty face.

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Editing, Car, Racing

  "Top Gear". TV Series, www.imdb.com.

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• Some say his droppings have been found as far north as York, and that he has a full size tattoo of his face, on his face. All we know is he’s called the Stig.

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Tattoo, Size, Faces

  "Top Gear", July 13, 2008.

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• This is the Renault Espace, probably the best of the people carriers. Not that that's much to shout about. That's like saying “Ooh good I've got syphilis, the BEST of the sexually transmitted diseases.”

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Sexually Transmitted Diseases, People, Syphilis

  "Top Gear: Series 8". TV Series, May 7, 2006.

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• Ooh good I've got syphilis, the BEST of the sexually transmitted diseases.

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Syphilis, Cool Cars

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• Telling people at a dinner party you drive a Nissan Almera is like telling them you've got the Ebola virus and you're about to sneeze.

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Party, Ebola, People

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• Some say he isn’t machine washable, and all his potted plants are called ‘Steve’. All we know is he’s called the Stig.

  Richard Hammond

  Machines, Plant, Stig

  "Top Gear" with Richard Hammond, March 04, 2007.

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• The problem is that television executives have got it into their heads that if one presenter on a show is a blonde-haired, blue-eyed heterosexual boy, the other must be a black Muslim lesbian.

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Boys, Blue, Black

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

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

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Jobs, Mirrors, Effort

  "Clarkson joke sparks complaints", news.bbc.co.uk. November 4, 2008.

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• [on the BMW X3] If you are clinically insane, by which I mean you wake up in the morning and think you are an onion, here's your car.

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Morning, Mean, Thinking

  "Top Gear (Episode #4.10)". TV Series, August 1, 2004.

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• Tonight, the new Viper, which is the American equivalent of a sportscar in the same way, I guess, that George Bush is the equivalent of a President.

  Jeremy Clarkson

  President, Tonight, Way

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• I rang up Jay Kay, who's got one, and said: 'Can we borrow yours?' and he said, 'Yeah, if I can borrow your daughter, because it amounts to the same thing.'

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Daughter, Yeah, Said

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• This is just the happiest car in the world! I shall call it Oliver! Not that we'd ever name a car on Top Gear. I wish I hadn't said that.

  Richard Hammond

  Names, Car, Wish

  "Top Gear: Botswana Special". Comedy, Talk-Show, November 04, 2007.

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• If there's one thing I can't stand, it's not being noticed.

  Steve Sabol

  Holy Grail, One Piece, Quarterback

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

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• Now we get quite a lot of complaints that we don't feature enough affordable cars on the show so we'll kick off tonight with the cheapest Ferrari of them all!

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Car, Ferrari, Tonight

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• No, it will never have enough power until I can spin the wheels at the end of the straightaway in high gear. Too much power is never enough.

  Mark Donohue

  Power, Car, Not Good Enough

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• It is God who gives us the spirit of worship (Psalm 133:3), and it is what we know of God that produces this spirit of worship. We might say that worship is simply theology, doctrine, what we think about God, going into top gear! Instead of merely thinking about Him, we tell Him, in prayer and praise and song, how great and glorious we believe Him to be!

  Sinclair B. Ferguson

  Song, Prayer, Believe

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• I mean its a weekly occurrence that somebody will complain that Top Gear was on last night - and you just sit back and wait for the complaints. But if you start to pay attention to everyones concerns, you end up with something bland and boring. So you sort of have to ignore everybody in order to do the show how we want to do it.

  Jeremy Clarkson

  Mean, Night, Order

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• Although the great frustration about this [role] is the fact that there's one thing Maigret never does, and that's drive. He's always driven, or he takes the train, or he gets the bus. I was saying 'Well, why don't we ring the changes for the 21st Century, and stick him in the car?'. [Executive Producer and son of the author, John Simenon] said, 'Well, you can if you want, but there'll be lots of people who won't like it'. So he's a non-driver ... But no, Top Gear was never a consideration for me; and neither was I asked

  Rowan Atkinson

  Son, Frustration, Car

  Source: news.tvguide.co.uk

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• When we went to Canada [with Top Gear], I was staggered about how many people got in touch ... Before we finish with The Grand Tour, we'll definitely be appearing in Canada at some point. Nothing is more certain than that.

  Jeremy Clarkson

  People, Gears, Canada

  Source: www.cbc.ca

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• [Ryan Reynolds] is my favorite [ on Top Gear] - I think he's the most hilarious actor who just has not been able to catch a break in terms of being known as the most hilarious actor.

  Doug Benson

  Thinking, Gears, Actors

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Throughout the Arab and Islamic world the feeling is that we are now in top gear for a war of civilizations, a clash of civilizations. Support for the United States is very low and there are no voices within the Muslim world, except for a very few.

  Husain Haqqani

  War, Islamic, Civilization

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• I think I wanted to be on Top Gear from a fairly young age because I loved cars and I wanted to do something on telly because I loved TV. I know that I?m ridiculously lucky

  Richard Hammond

  Thinking, Car, Luck

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• Acting is a sport. On stage you must be ready to move like a tennis player on his toes. Your concentration must be keen, your reflexes sharp; your body and mind are in top gear, the chase is on. Acting is energy. In the theatre people pay to see energy.

  Clive Swift

  Sports, Moving, Player

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• I would love to be on 'Top Gear' as a star in a reasonably priced car.

  Sandra Bullock

  Stars, Car, Gears

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• Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy.

  Jay Kay

  Awards, Gears, Grammy

  "Jay Kay: 'Getting an award on Top Gear is better than getting a Grammy'". Mirror.co.uk Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. January 27, 2012.

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