Torque Quotes

Poetry uses the hub of a torque converter for a jello mold.

— Diane Glancy

NEVER argue with a woman holding a torque wrench.

— Anonymous

“I love the wheels, I mean steering wheel.”

— Amit Kalantri

The more torque I can come up with, the better.

— Tim Lincecum

“Remember, never apply too much torque or you'll bust your nuts!!”

— Neil Leckman

Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races

— Carroll Shelby

It’s amazing what you can do when you stop worrying about failing.

— Anne Sweeney

The Harley's got a little too much torque when it comes to jumping.

— Evel Knievel

To be successful, you've got to get the kind of torque that's created by a push and a pull.

— Roger Ailes

Governments throughout the English-speaking sphere are creating and then ratcheting the torque on "hate-speech" laws with frightening eagerness.

— Jim Goad

“I am so obsessed with the cars that sometimes I feel like my heart is not a muscle, it's an engine.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Asking someone else to drive your sports car is like asking someone else to kiss your girlfriend.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Take care of your car in the garage, and the car will take care of you on the road.”

— Amit Kalantri

One has the feeling of enormous safety. You don't have the torque from the propeller. You have no noise; it's almost like…

— Erich Warsitz

For the first time I was flying by jet propulsion. No engine vibrations. No torque and no lashing sound of the propeller.…

— Adolf Galland

There is more suspense, more dramatic torque, in one page of [Nathaniel] Hawthorne's heart-racked ruminations onthe Christian consciencethaninall Demi Moore's woodland gallops…

— Anthony Lane

The brain sits snugly inside the skull, but it's not a completely flush fit - there is still a layer of fluid…

— Jeffrey Kluger

I buy a tractor two years ago, and four-fifths of the tractor manual is about not tipping over, not raising the bucket…

— P. J. O'Rourke

You'll have games where you're out there a long time. Being able to go through that and not get stiff was a…

— Nomar Garciaparra

The shadow-past is shaped by everything that never happened. Invisible, it melts the present like rain through karst. A biography of longing.…

— Anne Michaels

“Among all the machines, motorcar is my favorite machine.”

— Amit Kalantri

“I am emotional about engines, if you hurt my car, you hurt my heart.”

— Amit Kalantri

Horsepower sells motorcars and torque wins motor races.

— Carroll Smith