Quote by Robert M. Pirsig

“Yah-da, yah-da, yah-da, yah-da, yah, carburetor, gear ratio, compression, yah-da-yah, piston, plugs, intake, yah-da-yah, on and on and on. That is the romantic face…

— Robert M. Pirsig

“I happen to love the way your crankshaft works. Your piston sliding through my cylinder.”

— Ella Frank

“I like cars the way I like my men. I pick them up, grab the stick, and drive them hard down the straightaways and…

— Anonymous

“You’re kidding, right? The whole town will know where we are just by the idle on that thing.” He feigned a look of shock.…

— Laura Anderson Kurk

“I sit in the front seat listening to the hum of the engine with a kind of dread, not for what Mama will say…

— Wendy Jean

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

— Amit Kalantri

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

— Amit Kalantri

“I floor the gas pedal. The Sonoramic Commando V-8 growls like an angry tiger and leapfrogs us ahead of the traffic.”

— Daven Anderson

“On the very tip of his tongue is his Firerancher. Thin as tissue paper, it looks like the moon in the daytime sky. Suddenly…

— Jo Ann Beard

“Some sample lyrics I think I catch: "My engine races up to seventh gear; wrap your legs around my engine, dear . . .…

— Rusty Fischer

“He’s an even-tempered stallion. What he lacks in stamina he makes up for in speed, kind of like most of the men I’ve slept…

— Lila Shaw

“Love runs the engine”

— Nora Roberts