Plane Quotes · Page 21

“Why do they call the room pilots sit a 'Cockpit'? Sounds like a place roosters go to die!!”

— Neil Leckman

I always sit in the back of a plane. It's much safer. You never hear of a plane backing into a mountain!

— Tommy Cooper

It's all about the blanket. Blanket, pillow, and red wine. You should always be asleep on a plane.

— Kate Moss

Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion

— Oprah Winfrey

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot.

— Michael Altshuler

It's 4:45am here in Saudi Arabia and I'm wide awake. Freaking jet lag .

— Gabriel Iglesias

Flying a plane is a bit like driving a racing car; it's beyond a normal job. It's a passion.

— David Coulthard

A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill.

— Frank Borman

I was more of a person that liked flying and operating high-performance machinery, and I liked that, the skill it took, the…

— Alan Bean

It's, I mean, for me, it's the same as training with my crewmembers. We share the same first part of the flight.…

— Philippe Perrin

I learned to fly planes at fifteen years old because one of my teachers thought I'd be a better pilot than rapper.

— Killer Mike

I had a really intense flying dream most of my childhood into my teens. I would go out at night and fly…

— Dee Dee Ramone

I had a good time doing ["The Congressman"], and I hope that Treat [Williams] and I plan to go flying in his…

— George Hamilton

When I was growing up, there were no cell phones and no roads into the bush, and so if something happened to…

— Leigh Newman

The guy that picked me up at the airport in 1985 when I was out in L.A. for my first audition was…

— Scott Bakula

I always almost miss my flight. My routine is to constantly, no matter how bad or good the traffic is, to almost…

— Michelle Wolf

This was 1978, when flying was still an occasion, a special grand event that took planning and care. I worked as a…

— Ann Hood

“The pilot came on the loudspeaker to tell us we had been hit by lightning. Despite our fright, no damage had been…

— Zinzi Clemmons

Of all the men who attacked the flying problem in the 19th century, Otto Lilienthal was easily the most important. ... It…

— Otto Lilienthal

“At seven p.m., hope is sparked again when some new chirpy airline employee announces that a new plane without that nasty mechanical…

— Lewis Black

In the military, pilots are not supposed to ever date each other, and if they do, they can't be on the same…

— Monica Barbaro

“After September 11, there were customers who sent checks to Southwest Airlines to show their support. One note that accompanied a check…

— Simon Sinek

“Flying halfway around the world puts our circadian clock out of sync with the day-night signals, a phenomenon we call jet lag.…

— Daniel Chamovitz

The idea is that Jodie Foster is with her child and she's going back to New York from Germany with her husband's…

— Sean Bean

I don't know if anyone will ever sit beside me on a plane again.

— Cillian Murphy

Got a fighter jet, I don't get to fly it, though I'm lyin down thinkin bout you.

— Frank Ocean

These days no one can make money on the goddamn airline business. The economics represent sheer hell.

— C. R. Smith

When to arrive at the airport?: You should be at the airport already.

— Dave Barry

I pay those guys to fly, so let them fly. I'll be damned if I'll pay them to just sit there.

— Eddie Rickenbacker

An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side. To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.

— Adolf Galland

“Bumping airplane passengers off flights for silly reasons is how some airlines boost their profits!”

— Steven Magee

I want to go skydiving. I'd love to go to the Galapagos. Nature still excites me.

— Wayne Knight

Inside of the airplane ! GOSH IT WAS SO EMPTY , I could hear a guy from the 1st class sleeping and snorting >.<

— Shmoopy

all the science of flying has been captured in the breadth of an instrument board, but not the religion of it.

— Beryl Markham

Flying is the only active profession I would ever continue with enthusiasm after the War.

— Wilfred Owen

What helicopters do in movies? 1% Fly around and then land safely. 99% Explode!

— Anonymous

Why fly? Simple. I'm not happy unless there's some room between me and the ground.

— Richard Bach

I never understood why they have life jackets under our seats on planes instead of parachutes...

— Anonymous

I loved flying as much as I thought I would and continue to fly aircraft.

— Leroy Chiao

“In a reverse pilot you test whether removing an initiative or activity will have any negative consequences.”

— Greg McKeown