Aeroplanes Quotes
21 quotes by 21 authors
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Before I went to the Mess I made the excuse I wanted to get something out of my aeroplane, and climbed into the cockpit; I…
— Charles Rumney Samson
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What is the problem? We now have aeroplanes which can take them back quicker than the ships used by their ancestors.
— Robert Mugabe
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How sad that we can now go up in aeroplanes and see that there are no gods upon the clouds.
— Gavin Pretor-Pinney
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And I have yet to find one single individual who has attained conspicuous success in bringing down enemy aeroplanes who can be said to be…
— Eddie Rickenbacker
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It ought to have gangsters, and aeroplanes and a lot of automatic pistols.
— John Masefield
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The Americans cannot build aeroplanes. They are very good at refrigerators and razor blades.
— Hermann Goring
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The British Islands are small islands and our people numerically a little people. Their only claim to world importance depends upon their courage and enterprise,…
— H.G. Wells
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Of course, with the increasing number of aeroplanes one gains increased opportunities for shooting down one's enemies, but at the same time, the possibility of…
— Manfred von Richthofen
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The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew.
— Claude Debussy
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To say "I accept" in an age like our own is to say that you accept concentration-camps, rubber truncheons, Hitler, Stalin, bombs, aeroplanes, tinned food,…
— George Orwell
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Three Royal Air Force aeroplanes have come over to us so far with their arms and equipment.
— John Amery
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Used as kites, these rigid stable aeroplanes are superior to the very best cellular kites I can make; they are lighter, pull harder per square…
— Lawrence Hargrave
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Why are there no windows in the toilets on aeroplanes? To protect you from the most dedicated perverts on the planet, hanging off the wing…
— Billy Connolly
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My job involves a lot of sitting on aeroplanes and a lot of walking in high heels! I find yoga helps with both.
— Anja Rubik
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I was a loner as a child and happiest at home, launching toy rockets and aeroplanes. When I started causing trouble in my third year…
— Gary Numan
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Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age.
— Bertrand Russell
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You know the best thing about aeroplanes? Apart from the peanuts in little silver bags, I mean. It's looking out of the windows at the…
— Neil Gaiman
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Watching him during the first several minutes of his delivery, Cecilia felt a pleasant sinking sensation in her stomach as she contemplated how deliciously self-destructive…
— Ian Mcewan
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After two wars, I have been in danger too often to bother very much about being killed, and when it comes, I would prefer that…
— Nevil Shute
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I flew aeroplanes, parachuted, walked on my own across the Himalayas - you name it; if it was dangerous, I did it.
— Scilla Elworthy
Who Wrote These Aeroplanes Quotes
21 authors contributed a total of 21 Aeroplanes Quotes as follows: