Flying Quotes · Page 29

I thought Erica Jong's Fear of Flying was one of the biggest pieces of crap that I've ever read in my life.

— Helen Reddy

“When you jump off a cliff, falling can look a whole lot like flying, for a while anyway.”

— Elan Mastai

Don't do anything to stop a woman from flying; let fate take its course.

— Amado Nervo

I get to pretend I'm flying into space, and hang out with my friends. That's what I do for a living.

— Jeri Ryan

“You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.”

— Annie Dillard

“To soar, we must leave anything that weighs us down...”

— Saru Singhal

I'm not a fan of flying. Any bumps whatsoever, and my mind starts playing tricks on me.

— Larry Nance, Jr

How you get so fly? From not being afraid to fall out the sky.

— Jay-Z

Do you ever dangle your toes over the precipice, dare the cliff to crumble, defy the frozen deity to suffer the sun,…

— Ellen Hopkins

Moon, worn thin to the width of a quill,/ In the dawn clouds flying,/ How good to go, light into light, and…

— Sara Teasdale

I resigned from the Marine Corps and flying in 1974, even though I loved them both. I quit because I no longer…

— Robert Kiyosaki

“She decided she would just be a fairy because she liked the option of flying without the responsibility of saving the world.”

— Amy Harmon

When I was on the ice, I felt like a free man. With flying, it's the same thing. When I'm flying by…

— Guy Lafleur

I once made myself black out by pulling G too quickly while flying an F-18. Being unconscious in a single-seat airplane is…

— Chris Hadfield

This 'flying saucer' situation is not at all imaginary or seeing too much in some natural phenomena. Something is really flying around.…

— Nathan Farragut Twining

I definitely want to go and do some more research. My dad used to make me sit outside on the steps all…

— Rihanna

Astonishingly, at some point, a sputtering torch was thrust into her hands. Alma did not see who gave it to her. She…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

A good novel is an out-of-self experience. It lifts you off the ground so that you have the sensation of flying. It…

— Julia Glass

I've always found it difficult to start with a definite idea, but if I start with a pond that's being drained because…

— Bobbie Ann Mason

I have been feeding pigeons, thousands of them for years. But there was one, a beautiful bird, pure white with light grey…

— Nikola Tesla

Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good. Pilots naturally fly the craft in such a…

— Neil Armstrong

To me, being in the big time is not that big of a deal. I've been there; I know what it is.…

— Roger McGuinn

The dawn came - not the flaming sky that promises storm, but a golden dawn of infinite promise. The birds came flying…

— Elizabeth Goudge

I always was fascinated by space and always wanted to learn more about it and wanted to experience it first hand by…

— Anousheh Ansari

“Flying is not only the art of the birds, but it is also the art of the artists!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Flying does not rely so much on strength, as on physical and mental co-ordination.

— Raymonde de Laroche

It's OK to have butterflies. Just get them flying in formation.

— Francisco Lopez

As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.

— George Orwell

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

— David Coulthard

Sleep is when all the unsorted stuff comes flying out as from a dustbin upset in a high wind.

— William Golding

Every bird which flies has the thread of the infinite in its claw.

— Victor Hugo

I have not seen "Batman v Superman," unfortunately. It hasn't been on the plane, as I've been flying a lot.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

Unlike flying or astral projection, walking through walls is an earthbound pursuit.

— Chris Rock

I taught you to fight and to fly. What more could there be?

— Anonymous

I'm extremely proud of 'Hollyoaks.' No one could be flying the flag more happily.

— Rachel Shenton

Flying is simple. You just throw yourself at the ground and miss.

— Uknown

“Other people had flying dreams. I had falling nightmares.”

— Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

He bores me. He ought to have stuck to his flying machine. [On Leonardo Da Vinci]

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

What we want is clothing we think we can fly in. That's why I opened the show with flying dresses.

— Alber Elbaz

Maybe it's your time to lift off and fly You won't know if you never try.

— Miley Cyrus