"Back in the mid-1970s, we adopted some fairly ambitious goals to improve efficiency of our cars. What did we get? We got a tremendous boost in efficiency"

"The cars we drive say a lot about us"

"I really haven't been cognitive of gas prices. It wasn't until I filled up my husband's Toyota Prius Hybrid that I had a moment of understanding of how people who drive gas cars feel"

"Electric cars aren't pollution-free; they have to get their energy from somewhere"

"Power, as in the power structure, is why we are still using gas in cars"

"A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man's life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars"

"If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 MPG"

"I don't know what to do with it. I'm very fortunate to have it, and it gives you room to maneuver. But the main thing about having money is it means you don't have to worry about it. And that for me is a lovely thing. It's not for fast cars and hookers"

"You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: 'Holy Christ, whaddya know - I'm still around!' It's absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career"

"We get picked up in these Rolls Royces and get three miles down the highway and five cop cars pull us over"

"Take air quality in the United States today: It's about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there are now more people driving more cars"