--- title: "16 Airplane Quotes By Richard Bach" description: "16 Airplane quotes by Richard Bach. Plus more from Richard Bach and more Airplane sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/richard-bach-424_airplane_flying-prevails-whenever-a-man-and-his-a_1677301.png" --- > [Flying prevails whenever a man and his airplane are put to a test of maximum performance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/flying-prevails-whenever-a-man-and-his-airplane-are-put-to-a-test-of/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/richard-bach-424_airplane_flying-prevails-whenever-a-man-and-his-a_1677301.png) > [What I love doing is basically two things: I love flying airplanes and I love communication.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/what-i-love-doing-is-basically-two-things-i-love-flying-airplanes-and/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f95/richard-bach-424_airplane_what-i-love-doing-is-basically-two-thing_1661673.png) > [An airplane stands for freedom, for joy, for the power to understand, and to demonstrate that understanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/an-airplane-stands-for-freedom-for-joy-for-the-power-to-understand/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/richard-bach-424_airplane_an-airplane-stands-for-freedom-for-joy-f_345463.png) > [The man who flies an airplane ... must believe in the unseen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/the-man-who-flies-an-airplane-must-believe-in-the-unseen/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/richard-bach-424_airplane_the-man-who-flies-an-airplane-must-belie_2551251.png) > [My airplane is quiet, and for a moment still an alien, still a stranger to the ground, I am home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/my-airplane-is-quiet-and-for-a-moment-still-an-alien-still-a-stranger/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37b/richard-bach-424_airplane_my-airplane-is-quiet-and-for-a-moment-st_2694366.png) > [I've learned that it is what I do not know that I fear, and I strive, outwardly from pride, inwardly from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/i-ve-learned-that-it-is-what-i-do-not-know-that-i-fear-and-i-strive/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eea/richard-bach-424_airplane_i-ve-learned-that-it-is-what-i-do-not-kn_1935500.jpg) > [The highest art form of all is a human being in control of himself and his airplane in flight, urging the spirit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/the-highest-art-form-of-all-is-a-human-being-in-control-of-himself/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/richard-bach-424_airplane_the-highest-art-form-of-all-is-a-human-b_3194950.png) > [Without my airplane I am an ordinary man, and a useless one - a trainer without a horse, a sculptor without marble,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/without-my-airplane-i-am-an-ordinary-man-and-a-useless-one-a-trainer/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/richard-bach-424_airplane_without-my-airplane-i-am-an-ordinary-man_1149540.png) > [When you're flying, an airplane doesn't care who you are; it doesn't care how much money you make or don't make. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/when-you-re-flying-an-airplane-doesn-t-care-who-you-are-it-doesn-t/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18c/richard-bach-424_airplane_when-you-re-flying-an-airplane-doesn-t-c_2821200.jpg) > [Thousands of volumes have been written about aviation, but we do not automatically have thousands of true and special friends in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/thousands-of-volumes-have-been-written-about-aviation-but-we-do-not/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/814/richard-bach-424_airplane_thousands-of-volumes-have-been-written-a_336114.jpg) > [I belong to a group of men who fly alone. There is only one seat in the cockpit of a fighter airplane.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/i-belong-to-a-group-of-men-who-fly-alone-there-is-only-one-seat-in/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/richard-bach-424_air_i-belong-to-a-group-of-men-who-fly-alone_3170858.jpg) > [I'm not a celebrity or near celebrity. Sometimes people will say, "You're famous" and that stops me right there. What does fame…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/i-m-not-a-celebrity-or-near-celebrity-sometimes-people-will-say-you/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a37/richard-bach-424_airplane_i-m-not-a-celebrity-or-near-celebrity-so_961522.png) > [He moves not through distance, but through the ranges of satisfaction that come from hauling himself up into the air with complete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/he-moves-not-through-distance-but-through-the-ranges-of-satisfaction/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/richard-bach-424_air_he-moves-not-through-distance-but-throug_2758007.png) > [I've owned 41 airplanes. A few of them would talk with me. This little seaplane, though, we've had long conversations in flight.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/i-ve-owned-41-airplanes-a-few-of-them-would-talk-with-me-this-little/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/richard-bach-424_about_i-ve-owned-41-airplanes-a-few-of-them-wo_163559.jpg) > [The airplane is just a bunch of sticks and wires and cloth, a tool for learning about the sky and about what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/the-airplane-is-just-a-bunch-of-sticks-and-wires-and-cloth-a-tool-for/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b68/richard-bach-424_airplane_the-airplane-is-just-a-bunch-of-sticks-a_1829176.jpg) > [We're different, we're the same. You thought you'd never find a word to say to a woman who didn't fly airplanes. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/we-re-different-we-re-the-same-you-thought-you-d-never-find-a-word-to/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/richard-bach-424_airplane_we-re-different-we-re-the-same-you-thoug_2586480.png) ## Other authors on Airplane ## More by Richard Bach > [“Heaven is not a place, and it's not a time. Heaven is being perfect.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/heaven-is-not-a-place-and-it-s-not-a-time-heaven-is-being-perfect/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) > [You'd chosen to be an upright biped on the surface of a small planet of a minor sun on the edge of a minor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/you-d-chosen-to-be-an-upright-biped-on-the-surface-of-a-small-planet/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) > [Your harshest truths are dreams, and your gentlest dreams are true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/your-harshest-truths-are-dreams-and-your-gentlest-dreams-are-true/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) > [“Happiness is a choice. It is not always an easy one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/happiness-is-a-choice-it-is-not-always-an-easy-one/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) > [Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/argue-for-your-limitations-and-sure-enough-they-re-yours/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) > [The world is a dream, you say, and it’s lovely, sometimes. Sunset. Clouds. Sky.” “No. The image is a dream. The beauty is real.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/the-world-is-a-dream-you-say-and-it-s-lovely-sometimes-sunset-clouds/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) > [The original sin is to limit the Is. Don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/the-original-sin-is-to-limit-the-is-don-t/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) > [Silly ideas, worth the admission price in smiles, but they're true. Is high-energy physics interesting because it's true or because it's crazy?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/silly-ideas-worth-the-admission-price-in-smiles-but-they-re-true-is/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) > [The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/the-best-way-to-pay-for-a-lovely-moment-is-to-enjoy-it/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) > [I am tired of clinging. Though I cannot see it with my eyes, I trust that the current knows where it is going. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/i-am-tired-of-clinging-though-i-cannot-see-it-with-my-eyes-i-trust/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) > [If you want to meet someone who can fix any situation you don't like, who can bring you happiness in spite of what other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/if-you-want-to-meet-someone-who-can-fix-any-situation-you-don-t-like/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) > [The space for what you want is already filled with what you settled for instead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/the-space-for-what-you-want-is-already-filled-with-what-you-settled/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) > [The books remind us that way down deep in our hearts, part of us knows that we are creatures of light and we cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/the-books-remind-us-that-way-down-deep-in-our-hearts-part-of-us-knows/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) > [Part of us is always the observer, and no matter what, it observes. It watches us. It does not care if we are happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/part-of-us-is-always-the-observer-and-no-matter-what-it-observes-it/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) > [Kindle Singles is publishing on skates. It prints like lightning; our book meets readers in hours. I've spent so many years waiting for publishers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/kindle-singles-is-publishing-on-skates-it-prints-like-lightning-our/) [Richard Bach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-bach/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/airplane/richard-bach/#itemlist", "name": "16 Airplane Quotes By Richard Bach", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Flying prevails whenever a man and his airplane are put to a test of maximum performance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Bach" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-bach/flying-prevails-whenever-a-man-and-his-airplane-are-put-to-a-test-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/richard-bach-424_airplane_flying-prevails-whenever-a-man-and-his-a_1677301.png", "contentUrl": 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