Aviation Quotes · Page 13

A thing of orchestrated hell-a terrible symphony of light and flame.

— Edward R. Murrow

The Constitution: it's not just a good idea, it's the law.

— Michael Badnarik

Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.

— Neil Armstrong

The important thing in aeroplanes is that they shall be speedy.

— Manfred von Richthofen

If he is superior then I would go home, for another day that is better.

— Erich Hartmann

Ships are to little purpose without skillful Sea Men.

— Richard Hakluyt

I don't care what you cover the seats with as long as you cover them with assholes.

— Eddie Rickenbacker

Whatever Boelcke told us was taken as Gospel!

— Manfred von Richthofen

In the early days of aviation, there was a great deal of experimentation and a high death rate.

— Elon Musk

We thought humble and proud at the same time, all at once in love again with this painful bittersweet lovely thing called…

— Richard Bach

There has always been a certain romanticism associated with the airline business. We must avoid its perpetuation at Eastern at all costs.

— Frank Borman

The Air Corps . . . does not, at this time, feel justified in obligating . . . funds for basic jet propulsion research and experimentation.

— George Brett

I didn't know a lot about Amelia before I started flying. And as a woman and a pilot, I should have known…

— Linda Finch

There are a lot of people who say that bombing cannot win the war. My reply to that is that it has…

— Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet

Muhammad Ali: Superman Don't need no seat belt. Flight Attendant: Superman Don't need no airplane, either.

— Clifton Fadiman

Air control can be established by superiority in numbers, by better employment, by better equipment, or by a combination of these factors.

— Carl Andrew Spaatz

People often assume I assume I am a thrill seeker, but I am not. I do not enjoy roller coasters, and you…

— Steve Fossett

My message going forward is that I want to remind everyone in the aviation industry - especially those who manage aviation companies…

— Chesley Sullenberger

There is a decided prejudice on the part of the general public against being piloted by a woman, and as great an…

— Louise Thaden

The fortress inspired a tremendous confidence. It was the only propeller driven aircraft I have flown that was completely viceless; there were…

— James Weldon Johnson

Although no definite reason for the accident has been established, modifications are being embodied to cover every possibility that imagination has suggested…

— John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara

The air battle is not necessarily won at the time of the battle. The winner may have been determined by the amount…

— Pappy Boyington

In a sense, when we started Virgin Atlantic, I was trying to create an airline for myself. If you try to build…

— Richard Branson

Victory, speedy and complete, awaits the side which first employs air power as it should be employed. Germany, entangled in the meshes…

— Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet

And I have yet to find one single individual who has attained conspicuous success in bringing down enemy aeroplanes who can be…

— Eddie Rickenbacker

The whole procedure [of shooting rockets into space] . . . presents difficulties of so fundamental a nature, that we are forced…

— Richard van der Riet Woolley

By day, or on a cloudless night, a pilot may drink the wine of the gods, but it has an earthly taste;…

— Anonymous

I belong to a group of men who fly alone. There is only one seat in the cockpit of a fighter airplane.…

— Richard Bach

By day, or on a cloudless night, a pilot may drink the wine of the gods, but it has an earthly taste;…

— Charles Lindbergh

It is appearances, characteristics and performance that make a man love an airplane, and they, are what put emotion into one. You…

— Ernest Hemingway

Cloud-flying requires practice, even if you have every modern instrument, and unless you keep calm and collected you will get into trouble…

— Charles Rumney Samson

I think there is something exhilarating in flying amongst clouds, and always get a feeling of wanting to pit my aeroplane against…

— Charles Rumney Samson

“Hello video camera, goodbye airline ticket.”

— Steven Magee

We have to make you think it's an important seat - because you're in it.

— Don Burr

Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers.

— Plautus

Flight is the only truly new sensation than men have achieved in modern history.

— James Dickey

I can cure your men of walking off the [flight] program. Let's put on the girls.

— Jacqueline Cochran

I've been a space and aviation enthusiast since as long as I can remember.

— Jared Isaacman

Is it likely that an aircraft carrier or a cruise missile is going to find a person?

— Donald Rumsfeld

Ah hell. We had more fun in a week than those weenies had in a lifetime.

— Pancho Barnes