--- title: "7 Airports Quotes By Dave Barry" description: "7 Airports quotes by Dave Barry. Plus more from Dave Barry and more Airports sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/dave-barry-222_ability_all-the-shopping-malls-and-restaurants-a_283978.png" --- > [All the shopping malls and restaurants and airports are riddled with low-fidelity loudspeakers, which apparently have developed the ability to reproduce by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/all-the-shopping-malls-and-restaurants-and-airports-are-riddled-with/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/dave-barry-222_ability_all-the-shopping-malls-and-restaurants-a_283978.png) > [Until I became a parent, I thought children just naturally knew how to catch a ball, that catching was an instinctive biological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/until-i-became-a-parent-i-thought-children-just-naturally-knew-how-to/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/dave-barry-222_airports_until-i-became-a-parent-i-thought-childr_1038078.png) > [Granted, this system is insane, but we must not let sanity stand in the way of airport security.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/granted-this-system-is-insane-but-we-must-not-let-sanity-stand-in-the/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/dave-barry-222_air-travel_granted-this-system-is-insane-but-we-mus_1601956.png) > [...Hell, which as every frequent traveler knows, is in Concourse D of O'Hare Airport.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/hell-which-as-every-frequent-traveler-knows-is-in-concourse-d-of-o/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b1/dave-barry-222_airports_hell-which-as-every-frequent-traveler-kn_1649004.png) > [When to arrive at the airport?: You should be at the airport already.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/when-to-arrive-at-the-airport-you-should-be-at-the-airport-already/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da0/dave-barry-222_airport_when-to-arrive-at-the-airport-you-should_1884180.png) > [I suspect that LaGuardia is an elaborate prank, and New York has a real airport nearby that only locals know about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/i-suspect-that-laguardia-is-an-elaborate-prank-and-new-york-has-a/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e9/dave-barry-222_airports_i-suspect-that-laguardia-is-an-elaborate_2113540.png) > [I had arrived at the airport one hour early so that, in accordance with airline procedures, I could stand around.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/i-had-arrived-at-the-airport-one-hour-early-so-that-in-accordance/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cb/dave-barry-222_air-travel_i-had-arrived-at-the-airport-one-hour-ea_3104983.png) ## Other authors on Airports ## More by Dave Barry > [This is true; virtually all edible substances, and many automotive products, are now marketed as being low-fat or fat-free. Americans are obsessed with fat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/this-is-true-virtually-all-edible-substances-and-many-automotive/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [This ball was so crowded that it took me - a trained professional journalist with vast experience in this area - forty five minutes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/this-ball-was-so-crowded-that-it-took-me-a-trained-professional/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [The hardest thing about being a guy is that women don't accept that you really are just a simple, pathetic, labrador retriever-like creature. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/the-hardest-thing-about-being-a-guy-is-that-women-don-t-accept-that/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [The ultimate camping trip was the Lewis and Clark expedition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/the-ultimate-camping-trip-was-the-lewis-and-clark-expedition/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Although golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/although-golf-was-originally-restricted-to-wealthy-overweight/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Entire new continent can emerge from the ocean in the time it takes for a Web page to show up on your screen. Contrary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/entire-new-continent-can-emerge-from-the-ocean-in-the-time-it-takes/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [He was distracted by a giggle, and turned to see a rare sight: a girl.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/he-was-distracted-by-a-giggle-and-turned-to-see-a-rare-sight-a-girl/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [The major parties could conduct live human sacrifices on their podiums during prime time, and I doubt that anybody would notice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/the-major-parties-could-conduct-live-human-sacrifices-on-their/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [If you look at any list of great modern writers such as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, you'll notice two things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/if-you-look-at-any-list-of-great-modern-writers-such-as-ernest/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Don't you wish you had a job like mine? All you have to do is think up a certain number of words! Plus, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/don-t-you-wish-you-had-a-job-like-mine-all-you-have-to-do-is-think-up/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [“Despite the gulf, physical and cultural, between the United States and Japan, both societies are, in the end, made up of people, and people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/despite-the-gulf-physical-and-cultural-between-the-united-states-and/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Before going on a diet you should consult your doctor, or at least send him some money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/before-going-on-a-diet-you-should-consult-your-doctor-or-at-least/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Never trust anything you read in a travel article.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/never-trust-anything-you-read-in-a-travel-article/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it "Christmas" and went to church; the Jews called it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/in-the-old-days-it-was-not-called-the-holiday-season-the-christians/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) > [Always remember that if editors were so damned smart, they would know how to dress.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/always-remember-that-if-editors-were-so-damned-smart-they-would-know/) [Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/airports/dave-barry/#itemlist", "name": "7 Airports Quotes By Dave Barry", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All the shopping malls and restaurants and airports are riddled with low-fidelity loudspeakers, which apparently have developed the 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