Cars — Movie Quotes

McQueen's trademark flash-and-pose for photographers and fans, deployed whenever he is performing rather than living.

The whole McQueen persona compressed into two syllables: a catchphrase built for cameras and merchandise rather than for people. It became the film's defining pop-culture signature, so recognizable that his rival tries to copy it.

His pre-race ritual in the dark of the trailer, psyching himself up before the opening Piston Cup event.

A self-hypnotising mantra that reveals the flaw the film will cure: he has fused his identity with a single attribute, leaving nothing underneath.

Mater's introduction to the stranded newcomer, offering friendship before anyone else in town will.

An instant character portrait — unpolished, self-deprecating and completely without vanity, the exact opposite of McQueen's manufactured cool.

Doc's deliberately counterintuitive instruction on the dirt track at Willy's Butte, which McQueen dismisses before it saves him.

The film's thesis disguised as a driving tip: sometimes the way forward requires abandoning your instincts and trusting someone who has been where you are going.

Sally's account of the old highway before the interstate, delivered during her drive with McQueen through the hills above Radiator Springs.

The most quoted line in the film and the clearest statement of its philosophy — a distinction between efficiency and experience that applies to roads, careers and lives.