Taxi Quotes

I’m a terrible singer, but it helps when I have to call a taxi.

– Gordon Getty

I was a really bad taxi driver. I only collided twice but it was one time too much.

– Jo Nesbo

I have done almost every human activity inside a taxi which does not require main drainage.

– Alan Brien

The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.

– Fred Allen

I’ve been fortunate when in government to have a car at my disposal, which takes away the nightmare of getting a taxi.

– David Blunkett

‘Taxi Driver’ was one of the happiest moments of my career.

– Cybill Shepherd

I have a driver’s licence, but the truth is that I hardly ever drive. I prefer to get around by taxi.

– Ferran Adria

Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.

– Fran Lebowitz

I knew I had arrived when taxi drivers would say, ‘You’re that twit on the Billy Cotton Show, aren’t you?’

– Jeremy Lloyd

I think I would rather be a prime minister than a taxi driver.

– Jens Stoltenberg

‘Taxi Driver’ wasn’t autobiographical in terms of the actual events, but I did draw on my own mental state.

– Paul Schrader

When I’m a brunette, it’s four times harder to hail a taxi. Then I go blonde again, and suddenly there are taxis everywhere.

– Sally Phillips

The part in ‘Taxi’ was originally written for a guy named Phil Ryan, so they made it Phil Banta, and then they made it Tony Banta, which sounded a lot better anyway.

– Tony Danza

I remember being very influenced by ‘Taxi Driver’, and also Tommy Lee Jones in ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’ a little bit.

– Sam Rockwell