
“Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.”
Varianta: Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you.
Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson je britský hlásateľ, novinár a spisovateľ, ktorý sa špecializuje na motorizmus. Známy je hlavne vďaka účinkovaniu v televíznej show Top Gear na televízii BBC. Taktiež píše týždenné „stĺpčeky“ pre noviny The Sunday Times a The Sun.
Pôvodne miestny novinár v Severnom Anglicku, sa Clarkson stal známym až ako moderátor originálneho formátu Top Gear v roku 1988. Od polovice 90-tych rokov sa pravidelne objavoval v britskej televízii moderujúc svoju vlastnú show Clarkson, alebo sa objavoval ako hosť v iných. Začal produkovať programy a knihy, ktorých predmetom bola história inžinierstva.
Jeho charakter tvrdohlavého ale humorného rečníka, písanie a štýl moderovania, získal pozitívnu odozvu verejnosti. Nevyhol sa však ani škandálom a kritike; veľká časť publika ho však napriek tomu považovala za neoddeliteľnú časť Top Gearu, jednej z najúspešnejších show na BBC.
25.3.2015 oznámila BBC , že s ním už nepredĺži kontrakt na ďalšie obdobie. V polke roku 2015 Clarkson, Hammond, May a producent Andy Wilman založili produkčnú spoločnosť W. Chump & Sons, aby vyrobili šou The Grand Tour pre Amazon Video.
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“Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that's what gets you.”
Varianta: Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you.
“Cars are some of the most intoxicating, most beautiful things ever forged by mankind.”
Voice-over introduction to Forza Motorsport 5 (2013)
Kontext: Cars. To some, they're just transport. A convenient alternative to highly-flammable dirigibles or walking. But you- you understand that cars are far more than this. They are our history. They mark the moments by which we define decades. Cars are some of the most intoxicating, most beautiful things ever forged by mankind. They represent the glory of technology, the essence of freedom, and have been the weapons in some of our most gripping sporting battles. They grip us, they cheer us on, they hold us up as heroes. So this is about the love of all things four-wheeled and fast. This is a shrine to power, to speed, to metal made beautiful. This is where dreams are driven. Welcome to Forza.
A Murderous Fox Has Made Me Shoot David Beckham, p. 161
The World According to Clarkson (2005)
"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it."
Rolls-Royce, p. 19
I Know You Got Soul (2004)
I Know You Got Soul (2004)
I Know You Got Soul (2004)
The Unhappiest People on Earth? You'd never guess, p. 259
The World According to Clarkson (2005)
The Times March 22, 2007, reviewing the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_clarkson/article1549519.ece
“There's one other thing too. No car can truly be great unless it's a Ferrari.”
Zdroj: Born to be Riled (1999), p. 23
The Victoria Cross: For Valour (2003)
Zdroj: For Crying Out Loud! The World According to Clarkson Volume Three (2008), p. 1
I Know You Got Soul (2004)
Kontext: When the Argentine light cruiser Belgrano was hit by two torpedoes from the snout of Conqueror, a British hunter-killer, the enemy escort ships immediately gave chase. They were out of ideas after just five miles. The Royal Navy vessel had approached unseen, fired unseen, and simply disappeared.
Zdroj: For Crying Out Loud! The World According to Clarkson Volume Three (2008), p. 17
Jeremy Clarkson - The Italian Job
The Victoria Cross: For Valour (2003)
Mandela Just Doesn't Deserve His Pedestal, p. 239
The World According to Clarkson (2005)
"Flood that released America's demons", The Sun, September 10, 2005
Top Gear, 2 November 2008; as quoted in "Clarkson joke sparks complaints" http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7707641.stm, BBC News, 4 November 2008
Top Gear
Rolls-Royce, p. 25
I Know You Got Soul (2004)
Sunday Times May 17, 2009, reviewing the Honda Insight 1.3 IMA SE Hybrid http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/jeremy_clarkson/article6294116.ece
And as a result the Rolls-Royce Phantom is quite simply the best car in the world.
Rolls-Royce, p. 24
I Know You Got Soul (2004)
“Funnily enough, Daihatsu are one of the better interior stylists. God knows how they do it.”
Zdroj: Clarkson on Cars (1996), p. 62