“Tucker: The Man and His Dream” quotes

“Although only fifty Tuckers were ever produced, forty six of them are still road worthy and in use today. Tucker's innovations of aerodynamic styling, padded dash, pop out windows, seat belts, fuel injection and disc brakes were slowly adopted by Detroit and are found in the cars you are driving now. Preston Tucker died of an illness six years...” (continue)(continue reading)

“When I was a boy, I used to, I used to read all about Edison, and the Wright brothers, Mr. Ford, they were, they were my heroes.”
Jeff Bridges - Preston Tucker

“The car of tomorrow... today.”

Jeff Bridges - Preston Tucker

When I was a little kid, maybe five years old, in the old country, my mother used to say to me; she'd warn me, she'd say, "Don't get too close to people. You'll catch their dreams".
Martin Landau - Abe

“- Preston Tucker: How do you like your coffee?
- Abe: In the city.”
Jeff Bridges - Preston Tucker
Martin Landau - Abe

"Big ships fine", Confucius say. "Rowboats long in tooth, make big noise, go nowhere".
Jeff Bridges - Preston Tucker

“- Abe: Cars? You brought me here for cars?
- Preston Tucker: Does that look like a car to you? That, is a gold mine I'm handing you on a silver platter.”
Martin Landau - Abe
Jeff Bridges - Preston Tucker

“Ideas? Einstein's in the idea business; he makes up numbers so high only dogs can hear them. But what does it cost him? A piece of paper, a couple of pencils.”
Martin Landau - Abe

“I want you to know something, Tucker. I went into business with you for one reason - to make money. That's all.”
Martin Landau - Abe