Plane Quotes · Page 26

I don't like flying. I'm a bit scared of it and don't enjoy the whole experience.

— Rick Astley

I leave no trace of wings in the air, but I am glad I have had my flight.

— Rabindranath Tagore

I'm really good at sleeping on planes. I mean, I smell jet fuel and I'm out; I'm asleep for takeoff.

— Anthony Bourdain

“I don't care what the airlines say, there is no such thing as a non-stop flight.”

— Steve Trotter

If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.

— Rafael Nadal

I like my flight sims because I can set up a very robust joystick setup and my head tracking software.

— Thomas Middleditch

My favorite smell ever is right when you get off the plane in Hawaii.

— Evan Mock

“Budget airlines are notorious for over selling their flights and bumping passengers when too many show up!”

— Steven Magee

“Alex the pilot heaved a sigh and said, “I am required by FAA regulations . . . blah blah . . . seat belt . . . blah . . .”

— Thea Harrison

I was in Africa once. I was in Kenya. I got off the plane, and I thought, 'Africa...' Some guy in a…

— Ed O'Neill

As soon as I reach my destination I have a cup of tea, something to eat and then sleep for about 13…

— Jackie Collins

Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilot in a closed cockpit was an impossible thing, because you…

— Adolf Galland

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

— Richard Branson

I hate flying. I'm not a big fan of flying at all so everywhere I go I go by tour bus. If…

— Larry the Cable Guy

“Your plane would fly pretty well, except it would be on fire the whole time, and then it would stop flying, and…

— Randall Munroe

I have always been more comfortable with daredevil acts than with the everyday nuances of life. Let me jump out of a…

— Sarah Kay

It doesn't look nearly as big as it did the first time I saw one. Mickey McGuire and I used to sit…

— Ernest K. Gann

I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation. I always…

— Michael P. Anderson

I've never invested in any airline. I'm an airline manager. I don't invest in airlines. And I always said to the employees…

— Robert Crandall

Other factors affecting the '109 as a combat plane include the small cramped cockpit. This is quite a tiring working environment, although…

— Anonymous

Why is it that we all - myself included - believe these stories? Why are we so quick to assume that the…

— Bruce Schneier

Airports in major cities, like LAX, are trippy environments. It is at once a national and international gathering of those in transition:…

— Henry Rollins

What if I jumped out of an airplane with a couple of tanks of helium and one huge, un-inflated balloon? Then, while…

— Colin Rowe

Back in the 1950s, there was a top-secret program code-named SUNTAN being conducted at a top-secret facility called Skunk Works. Its objective?…

— Annie Jacobsen

I'd love to grow a pair of discreet wings so I could just fly around a bit and impress people.

— Joe Lycett

From regular, relative skydiving, I went on to freeflying. Freeflying is more the three-dimensional skydiving.

— Ueli Gegenschatz

“We're all in crashing plane, and everybody is fighting over who gets to sit in first class.”

— Aaron Nordquist

The criticism is, once I get something flying, I lose interest in it.

— Burt Rutan

“The X-Plane author compared piloting Martian aircraft to flying a supersonic ocean liner.”

— Randall Munroe

Most budget airlines anywhere in the world are going to leave you dissatisfied after using them.

— Chris Hadfield

Why don't we just buy one airplane and let the pilots take turns flying it.

— Calvin Coolidge

“You're on a plane! We're all on planes. Life is dangerous and complicated and... it's a long way down.”

— House MD

“1954. Smog prevents airplanes from landing and ships from docking for three days.”

— James Frey

I think a major element of jetlag is psychological. Nobody ever tells me what time it is at home.

— David Attenborough

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.

— Anonymous

I would not board a plane piloted by a quota beneficiary or be operated on by a quota doctor.

— Jair Bolsonaro

If anger were mileage, I'd be a very frequent flyer, right up there in First Class.

— Gina Barreca

Between the ages of 12 and 15, I wanted to be a pilot because I thought it would be glamorous and dangerous.

— Jed Mercurio

Flying to Fair Isle from Lerwick is an experience I'll never forget.

— Douglas Henshall

Few things make me sadder than when someone farts on a plane and I can't escape it...

— Olivia Munn