Sam Bird famous quotes

I think Formula E truly has the potential to become the future of motorsport. Formula One is the past.
-- Sam Bird

#Past #Thinking #Motorsports

When the race to develop becomes more furious as the Championship progresses, the racing will get better too, improving the entire experience for the fans.
-- Sam Bird

#Race #Racing #Get Better

I want to win a championship with the best drivers, the best engineers and the best technology. As drivers, we want to make sure that we are involved in a championship with such a standard.
-- Sam Bird

#Winning #Technology #Want

Street circuits mean that we are racing in the centre of roads that people use everyday, which is very cool for drivers, but it also makes it very easy to make a mistake, which adds more excitement for fans.
-- Sam Bird

#Mistake #Mean #People

Formula E is trying to do something totally different to F1. When the battery technology does improve, because of our championship, and it transcends into road cars, it will be cool to think that we have been at the very pinnacle of new technology and the future of the automotive industry.
-- Sam Bird

#Technology #Thinking #Car

Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.

Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

The present enables us to understand the past, not the other way round.

History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.

What we have done in the past is not sufficient now to prepare our youth.

Goodbye, my almost lover. Goodbye, my hopeless dream. I'm trying not to think about you, can't you just let me be? So long, my luckless romance, my back is turned on you. Should've known you'd bring me heartache. Almost lovers always do.

Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'

Our God has boundless resources. The only limit is in us. Our asking, our thinking, our praying are too small. Our expectations are too limited.

Fear is born of Satan, and if we would only take time to think a moment we would see that everything Satan says is founded upon a falsehood.

I think Formula E truly has the potential to become the future of motorsport. Formula One is the past.