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31 Late Night Drive Quotes To Keep You Company On The Road

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Are you in the mood for some late night drive quotes? Perhaps you’re up late, and just want to get out and enjoy the quiet road and have some time alone with your thoughts. Or maybe, you and a friend are just cruising around the town and vibing late at night. These night ride quotes have got you covered.

Sometimes it just hits differently! Whatever your reasons, we’ve got the best quotes about driving at night to get your mind wandering and pondering. Once the sun’s gone down you can read through these deep slogans and take a trip in your ride into the dark mysterious night.

Late Night Drive Quotes

Let’s make a start with some cool and thoughtful late night drive quotes that will be sure to give you some wanderlust.

“Life is a highway, I wanna ride it all night long! If you’re going my way, I wanna ride it all night long!” – Rascal Flatts

Who else just sang this out loud?

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Rascal Flats, All Night Long Quote

“Driving at night is about communicating with lights.” – Lukhman Pambra

Late Night Drive Quote By Lukhman Pambra

“It’s like driving a car at night. You never see further than our headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” – E L Doctorow

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E L Doctorow, Driving A Car At Night Quote

“You don’t like hot rod racing or driving late at night, you just want to park where it’s nice and dark.” – Elvis Presley

“I drove all night, to get to you.” – Cyndi Lauper

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Cyndi Lauper, I Drove All Night Quote

“If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work?” – Steven Wright

Late Night Drive Quote By Steven Wright

“Getting on the road and driving along a road at night, or even in the daytime and seeing the oceans or whatever, is always liberating.” – Chuck D

This captures the vibe of driving at night perfectly!

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Chuck D, Along A Road At Night Quote

“Driving to Vegas is awesome… Driving home from Vegas sucks.” – Brody Jenner

What a road trip Vegas would be!

Oh, I remember you were driving to my house In the middle of the night. I’m the one who makes you laugh When you know you’re about to cry. – Taylor Swift

Late Night Drive Quote ByTaylor Swift

“Driving down the highway at night when you feel that Wild Turkey’s bite, don’t give Johnny Walker a ride.” – ZZ Top

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ZZ Top, Highway At Night Quote

“One night I was driving and so infatuated with dipping French fries into my milkshake that I drove right through a stop sign. The cop who pulled me over had no mercy.” – Arielle Kebbel

“Many police officers watch for vehicles without headlights because it’s a telltale of a drunk driver.” – Robert James Thomson

For more travel inspiration, don’t forget to check out our collection of thought-provoking road trip quotes.

Late Night Drive Quote By Robert James Thompson

“I love driving in the city at night.” – Waris Ahluwalia

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Waris Ahluwalia, City At Night Quote

“Basically, what I’m trying to tell you is that it’s almost impossible to drive a jet ski at night time unless you’re in a city with lights lit up so you can navigate. Besides being pitch black, that water turn black at night. Listen, I don’t recommend it.” – DJ Khaled

“I remember driving home one evening while they were reviewing the papers on the radio. One of the articles was about me separating from my wife. It’s a weird thing to listen to a news report about the break-up of your marriage.” – Rory Bremner

Late Night Drive Quote By Rory Bremner

“Wake in the deepest dark of night and hear the driving rain. Reach out a hand and take a paw and go to sleep again.” – Charlotte Gray

“Hold me closer tiny dancer, count the headlights on the highway. Lay me down in sheets of linen, you had a busy day today.” – Elton John

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“I shouldn’t have driven home from the bar last night…especially since I walked there.” – Unknown

Late Night Drive Quote By Unknown

“If you don’t have regular and accurate financial statements, you’re driving your business 100 miles an hour down a one-way street the wrong way, at night, in the fog, without lights.” – Jim Blasingame

“I know a lot about cars, man. I can look at any car’s headlights and tell you exactly which way it’s coming.” – Mitch Hedberg

Late Night Drive Quote By Mitch Hedberg

“There are times when I’m driving home after a day’s shooting, thinking to myself, That scene would’ve been so much better if I had written it out.” – Larry David

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I get her to school, we do homework at night, and at this age, their social calendars are really quite hectic. She’s not driving yet, so I end up chauffeuring her around. – Charlene Tilton

Late Night Drive Quote By Charlene Tilton

“Everybody in New York City knows there’s way more cars than parking spaces. You see cars driving in New York all hours of the night. It’s like musical chairs except everybody sat down around 1964.” – Jerry Seinfeld

“Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend.” – David Trimble

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“I mean, I guess I realized subconsciously that this is what I should be doing before I realized it, consciously. Verbally, I don’t think I had committed to it, even though I was driving everywhere, every night, just trying to get on stage.” – Todd Barry

“I was driving home the other night, listening to the radio, and the guy filling in for Art Bell on Coast to Coast AM was talking to some other guy about Nazis, UFOs, the Kennedy Assassination, time travel, and George Bush, and how it all relates to OneWorldGovernment. This, of course, made me think about barbell training.” – Mark Rippetoe

“To be a racing driver it’s essential you have very good eyesight, and that’s especially relevant at night. Your senses are heightened, you’re traveling over 200mph, you need to focus on that 110-meter braking point, and you have to have absolute faith and commitment in your driving.” – Allan McNish

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” Martin Luther King Jr.

Late Night Drive Quote By Martin Luthor King Jr

“Give a man a car; he’ll be happy for a day. Give a man a woman; he’ll be happy for a night. Give a man a woman who loves cars; happy for life.” Unknown

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“So, a lot of people who work rotating shifts and they work at night, their bodies are set to want to be awake during the day and sleep at night. So, there are some people who have a lot of trouble adjusting their rhythms and they have trouble working the night shift, they’re sleepy, they’re drowsy driving home.” – Shelby Harris

“Your headlights don’t scare me.” – Ilona Andrews

Late Night Drive Quote By Ilona Andrews

There we have it – the best night drive quotes. We hope you enjoyed these, and we hope you can cruise on into the night feeling inspired and spiritual! Check out our awesome quotes about texting and driving.

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Iain Salter

Founder & Editor of The Road Trip Expert

Iain founded The Road Trip Expert in 2019 and continues to manage the website to this day. The inspiration to start the blog came during an extensive road trip around Europe with two friends that spanned several months and involved over 25,000km of driving. He first developed a passion for backpacking in 2014 and has had the pleasure of exploring over 60 countries.

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