Airborne Quotes
29 quotes by 26 authors
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The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into our bodies to…
— Maya Angelou
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Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power or ship's fire, when it…
— Colin Powell
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War and famine would not do. Instead, disease offered the most efficient and fastest way to kill the billions that must soon die if the…
— Eric Pianka
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Someone once told me that children are like kites. You struggle just to get them in the air; they crash; you add a longer tail.…
— Charmian Carr
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Vert skating was the kind of skating that was done in pools, where you could get airborne and be weightless. The other style, which is…
— Rodney Mullen
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There are airmen and there are pilots: the first being part bird whose view from aloft is normal and comfortable, a creature whose brain and…
— Ernest K. Gann
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We all yearn to fly. We are creatures of longing. We do not need to [physically fly] to be airborne. What I call the aerial…
— Sam Keen
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I’m convinced that fear is at the root of most bad writing. Dumbo got airborne with the help of a magic feather; you may feel…
— Stephen King
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One day the stars will be as familiar to each man as the landmarks, the curves, and the hills on the road that leads to…
— Beryl Markham
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During the writer's strike I was walking a line and ran into Jack Black and he said,'We're doing Airborne 2!', and I asked, 'Are you…
— Seth Green
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I had seen the films out of World War II, the great 82nd Airborne, the 101st, and all of those of you in the greatest…
— Hugh Shelton
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If he (The New York Taxi Driver) talked to me, he might lose his concentration, which would be very bad because the taxi has some…
— Dave Barry
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You can't just drop the 82nd Airborne into Baghdad and it will all be over.
— Chuck Hagel
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While I now own more guns than the 82nd Airborne, my first gun is still the most important gun I've ever owned.
— Ted Nugent
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Politics deals with externals: borders, wealth, crimes. Authentic forgiveness deals with the evil in a persons heart, something for which politics has no cure. Virulent…
— Philip Yancey
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Hooves clomping over the whitewashed planks, Doren sprinted along the boardwalk after Rondus, a portly satyr with butterscotch fur and horns that curved away from…
— Brandon Mull
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The black, hungry roses that Redd sent snaking towards the princess were easily squashed, the orbs and and unmanned, airborne blades of effortlessly waved off,…
— Frank Beddor
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One day the stars will be as familiar to each man as the landmarks, the curves, and the hills on the road that leads to…
— Beryl Markham
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Escape through travel works. Almost from the moment I boarded my flight, life in England became meaningless. Seat-belt signs lit up, problems switched off. Broken…
— Alex Garland
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It's a funny feeling, being suddenly airborne. Just as you realize it, it's over, and you're sinking.
— Sarah Dessen
Who Wrote These Airborne Quotes
26 authors contributed a total of 29 Airborne Quotes, led by these top contributors: