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> [I ask people who don't fly, "How can you not fly when you live in a time in history when you can fly?"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langewiesche/i-ask-people-who-don-t-fly-how-can-you-not-fly-when-you-live-in-a/)

[William Langewiesche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langewiesche/)

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## More by William Langewiesche

> [I sometimes still go out hunting for bad weather, flying low in simple airplanes to explore the inner reaches of the clouds. Less experienced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langewiesche/i-sometimes-still-go-out-hunting-for-bad-weather-flying-low-in-simple/)

[William Langewiesche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langewiesche/)

> [The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langewiesche/the-mastery-of-the-turn-is-the-story-of-how-aviation-became-practical/)

[William Langewiesche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langewiesche/)

> [Mechanical wings allow us to fly, but it is with our minds that we make the sky ours](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langewiesche/mechanical-wings-allow-us-to-fly-but-it-is-with-our-minds-that-we/)

[William Langewiesche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langewiesche/)

> [“But the real concern is not so much the vulnerability of merchant ships as it is their use by terrorist groups. Osama bin Laden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langewiesche/but-the-real-concern-is-not-so-much-the-vulnerability-of-merchant/)

[William Langewiesche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langewiesche/)

> [I ask people who don't fly, "How can you not fly when you live in a time in history when you can fly?"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langewiesche/i-ask-people-who-don-t-fly-how-can-you-not-fly-when-you-live-in-a/)

[William Langewiesche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langewiesche/)

> [So much of who we are is where we have been.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langewiesche/so-much-of-who-we-are-is-where-we-have-been/)

[William Langewiesche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langewiesche/)

> [You should not see the desert simply as some faraway place of little rain. There are many forms of thirst.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langewiesche/you-should-not-see-the-desert-simply-as-some-faraway-place-of-little/)

[William Langewiesche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langewiesche/)

> [Some think of Islam as an expedient jobs program that moves the female half of the population out of the way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-langewiesche/some-think-of-islam-as-an-expedient-jobs-program-that-moves-the/)

[William Langewiesche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-langewiesche/)

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