"A rental car is basically an ashtray on wheels."
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"The introduction of so powerful an agent as steam [to a carriage on wheels] will make a great change in the situation of man."
"The wheel of a man's life. No mercy. No pity."
"The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, Perrin. We've become what we needed to become."- Rand Al'Thor"
"Ka was a wheel; it was also a net from which none ever escaped."
"I do have one slightly crooked wheel upstairs, but everything else is ticking along just four-o, thank you very much."
"A cop stopped me for speeding/ He said, 'Why were you going so fast?' I said, 'See this thing my foot is on? It's called an accelerator. When you push down on it, it sends more gas to the engine. The whole car just takes right off. And see this thing [mimes steering wheel]? This steers it'"
"Intelligence is not necessarily a good thing, something to value or cultivate. It's more like a fifth wheel - necessary or desirable when things break down. When things go well, it's better to be stupid ... Stupidity is as much a value as intelligence."
"There are no liberals behind steering wheels."
"the wheel of fate crushes us all"
"The yajna of our age and for us is the spinning wheel."
"Every widow I have met has recognized in the wheel a dear forgotten friend."
"The spinning wheel is a symbol of nonviolence for me."
"Every woman will tell the curious that with the disappearance of the spinning wheel vanished India's happiness and prosperity."
"I crave to die with my hand at the spinning wheel."
"If Gandhism means simply mechanically turning the spinning wheel, it deserves to be destroyed."
"India as a nation can live and die only for the spinning wheel."
"Hunger is the argument that is driving India to the spinning wheel."
"A plea for the spinning wheel is a plea for recognizing the dignity of labour."
"When the wheel was accepted as part of the national flag, it was surely implied that the spinning wheel would hum in every household."