Never mistake horsepower for staying power.

Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races

— Carroll Shelby

There, gleaming in the glow, was that ten-horsepower rotary engine under a seat. A key glistening in the ignition. I imagine the top speed…

— George Jones

The best asset is your own self. You can become to an enormous degree the person you want to be

— Warren Buffett

Life is 440 horsepower in a 2-cylinder engine.

— Henry Miller

The trouble is that too often there is forty horsepower under the bonnet and one asspower at the wheel

— John MacNaughton

Hey,” Shane said from the other side of the bars. “Trade you cigarettes for a chocolate bar.” Funny,” Eve said. She was almost back…

— Rachel Caine

When the afterburner lights, I haven't got 5,000 horsepower. I've got 10,000 horsepower, and possibly the biggest accident you've ever seen in your life.

— Richard Hammond

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

— Amit Kalantri

“All horsepower corrupts.”

— Patrick Leigh Fermor

“Perhaps success is best defined as maximizing the ratio of your rear wheel horsepower to your engine horsepower. Higher %, happier times.”

— Tim Fargo

pg. 231-232: They'd given me a minivan. They could have picked any car and they picked a minivan. A minivan. O God of the…

— John Green

Horses and horsepower alike are about status and being cool.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Everybody has a gas-guzzling car because people like SUVs. They would like SUVs if they were hybrid vehicles that had the same horsepower and…

— William J. Clinton

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

— Amit Kalantri

Horsepower sells motorcars and torque wins motor races.

— Carroll Smith