Top 156 Demolition Derby Quotes & Sayings

Winning a derby is always a beautiful thing.

It isn't always easy to stay within budget when committing to a renovation, but one place you can cut costs is on the demolition.

I realize this is blasphemy, but a few weeks ago I tried to watch a NASCAR race being run at Talladega. I lasted about five minutes before terminal boredom overtook me. It appeared to be nothing more than a high-speed freeway commute--a mob of luridly painted, identical lumps of metal loping at 180 mph around the banking, fender to fender, nose to tail. Knowing the scenario would surely devolve into a multicar demolition derby that would thrill the goobers in the grandstands, I turned off the set to later learn that this time it was Jimmie Johnson who triggered the eight-car melee.

You can't run a mule in the Kentucky Derby.

The demolition of a Temple is possible at any time, as it cannot walk away from its place.

I've announced every kind of sporting event except hockey and demolition derby, and to be frank about it, I don't really care to ever do those.

Derby born and bred, mate.

After winning the Derby aged just 18-Why all the fuss? After all, the Derby is just another race.

In England, every game is like a derby, because it's physical.

Young men often seek tests and trials, and to me, BUD/S training - basic underwater demolition/SEAL - seemed like the ultimate test.

A hat trick in a derby is a special thing.

Sometimes in a derby it is not always easy to see a very good game with big quality but the power of one derby means you can see good things happen after one result.

Yeah, I did roller derby for three years.

Scoring in the Derby d'Italia is always important and a source of great satisfaction.

He is as much a part of the Derby tradition as the Twin Spires themselves

There is a history which has to be reversed, and that is the demolition of our temples.

Tottenham's number one derby will always be Arsenal.

Playing in the Manchester derby definitely helped me.

I went out to the Derby on Wednesday and think it is the most interesting thing I ever saw over here.

Demolition is a part of construction.

How many people want to read about three disreputable pigs and a dopey wolf with a disposition towards house demolition?

Suddenly, I win the derby and people are talking about England again. It is absolutely pathetic

In some circles, the Mint 400 is a far, far better thing than the Superbowl, the Kentucky Derby, and the lower Oakland roller derby finals all rolled into one. This race attracts a very special breed.

I think everyone knows what it means to play a derby - it doesn't matter which derby it is.

A derby is a derby. When you play a derby, it is for winning, not just to play.

Storing your car in New York is safer than entering it in a demolition derby. But not much.

You can't win the Kentucky Derby unless you're on a thoroughbred.

There’s no point in acting surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in Alpha Centauri for 50 of your Earth years, so you’ve had plenty of time to lodge any formal complaint and it’s far too late to start making a fuss about it now... What do you mean you’ve never been to Alpha Centauri? Oh, for heaven’s sake, mankind, it’s only four light years away, you know. I’m sorry, but if you can’t be bothered to take an interest in local affairs, that’s your own lookout. Energize the demolition beams.

Unless you work in demolition, don't burn bridges.

In Dortmund, they say the derby is more important than the championship. You can feel it around the game.

Anyone can admire creation. Only a barbarian sees the beauty in demolition.

I did a lot of heavy-lifting - construction, demolition, that kind of thing. Dusty, dirty work.

But there is always that unpredictability about a derby match and that's what it was today.

To allow the market mechanism to be the sole director of the fate of human beings and their natural environment....would result in the demolition of society.

A derby is different, it is not to be played, it is to be won!

Argentina against Brazil is the most important derby between national teams.

Every derby is special, especially the atmosphere on the stands.

I really enjoyed my first Istanbul derby.

Chesterfield 1, Chester 1. Another score draw in the local derby

The Merseyside derby games are unique in the city.

When I got a call to see if I wanted a Derby horse, I said, 'Damn!'

When I was a kid, watching All-Star week on TV, the Home Run Derby was a highlight for me.

Marcel Desailly was pretty hard when I played against him in a Milan derby.

I can't tell the difference between the best and the worst 'cause I realize not everybody wants to have sex in the middle of a demolition derby race in the car.

We are creating a political demolition derby, not a presidential debate. Those strange impulses in the American soul that have produced mud wrestling and The Gong Show seem to have claimed the national campaign.

I kind of press pause when it's a derby, and the season doesn't matter to me anymore; it's all about the derby.

The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy, the building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition of a bridge, and, eminently, the finish of a voyage.

I played my first derby, I won, and I scored. As good as it gets!

It's something you dream of. It's very special to play in the Merseyside derby and, especially, win.

I've won the Derby with the best horse and I've lost the Derby with the best horse.

Twilight is to Vampires what My Little Pony is to Kentucky Derby Winning Horses.

Remember the people in the back streets of Derby.

I already know about the importance of the derby.

A derby is always special.

The Manchester Derby is bigger and more important than El Classico.

It is a human demolition derby!

To win the Kentucky Derby is the goal of every trainer, every hot-walker, every backside person. They may be just rubbing on a horse, or hot-walking a horse, but they wonder if they could win the Kentucky Derby.

I think we should go back to the old style of the draw at the Derby.

At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.

It's not the same when you don't have people watching and cheering you on. That's what makes the Derby so great.