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title: "11 Airline food Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [If the Wright brother were alive today Wilbur would have to fire Orville to reduce costs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herb-kelleher/if-the-wright-brother-were-alive-today-wilbur-would-have-to-fire/)

[Herb Kelleher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herb-kelleher/)

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> [I'm not opposed to talking about airline food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tig-notaro/i-m-not-opposed-to-talking-about-airline-food/)

[Tig Notaro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tig-notaro/)

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> [I dont enjoy traveling in America. I dont like the food, the cars. It is not exotic enough. It all tastes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carla-bley/i-dont-enjoy-traveling-in-america-i-dont-like-the-food-the-cars-it-is/)

[Carla Bley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carla-bley/)

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> [England manufactures most of the world's airline food, as well as all the food you ever ate in your junior-high-school cafeteria.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/england-manufactures-most-of-the-world-s-airline-food-as-well-as-all/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/170/dave-barry-222_airline_england-manufactures-most-of-the-world-s_939293.png)

> [If you don't like airline food, you'll probably have the same impression of space station food. I would not fly to space…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hadfield/if-you-don-t-like-airline-food-you-ll-probably-have-the-same/)

[Chris Hadfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hadfield/)

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> [Airline food is cooked in an oven and then kept warm. Space station food is often cooked in an oven and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-hadfield/airline-food-is-cooked-in-an-oven-and-then-kept-warm-space-station/)

[Chris Hadfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-hadfield/)

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> [You don't have to be Willy Loman about it. But, "Airline food is crazy. Hey, what's with these rent-a-cars?" or you go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jay-mohr/you-don-t-have-to-be-willy-loman-about-it-but-airline-food-is-crazy/)

[Jay Mohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jay-mohr/)

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> [“It is a challenge to believe that there was ever a time that airline food was exciting, when stewardesses were happy to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-bryson/it-is-a-challenge-to-believe-that-there-was-ever-a-time-that-airline/)

[Bill Bryson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-bryson/)

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> [ \[Airline food\] is the tiniest food I've ever seen in my entire life. Any kind of meat that you get - chicken,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-degeneres/airline-food-is-the-tiniest-food-i-ve-ever-seen-in-my-entire-life-any/)

[Ellen DeGeneres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-degeneres/)

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> [Airline food is not intended for human consumption. It's intended as a form of in-flight entertainment, wherein the object is to guess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/airline-food-is-not-intended-for-human-consumption-it-s-intended-as-a/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

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> [Speaking of food, English cuisine has received a lot of unfair criticism over the years, but the truth is that it can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/speaking-of-food-english-cuisine-has-received-a-lot-of-unfair/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

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