Aviation Quotes

307 quotes by 184 authors

Here above the farms and ranches of the Great Plains aviation lives up to the promise that inspired dreamers through the ages. Here you are… — Stephen Coonts
"Just try and remember," I said slowly," that if God had intended men to fly He'd have given us wings. So all flying is flying… — Gavin Lyall
Earthbound souls know only the underside of the atmosphere in which they live . . . but go higher - above the dust and water… — Jacqueline Cochran
We thought humble and proud at the same time, all at once in love again with this painful bittersweet lovely thing called flight. — Richard Bach
Flying prevails whenever a man and his airplane are put to a test of maximum performance. — Richard Bach
Why fly? Simple. I'm not happy unless there's some room between me and the ground. — Richard Bach
Flying has changed how we imagine our planet, which we have seen whole from space, so that even the farthest nations are ecological neighbors. It… — Diane Ackerman
In the case of pilots, it is a little touch of madness that drive us to go beyond all known bounds. Any search into the… — Unknown Author
Though, as he was torn into a pink upper air, she was a good craft to ride in, for her belly was firm and her… — Thomas Keneally
Buddy of mine once told me that he'd rather fly a jet than kiss his girl. Said it gave him more of a kick. — Jerry O'Connell
One cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow. — Richard Francis Burton
It had never gotten old for him, flying. Never gone boring. Every engine start was a new adventure, guiding the spirit of a lovely machine… — Richard Bach
In our dreams we are able to fly . . . and that is a remembering of how we were meant to be. — Madeleine L'Engle
Deftly they opened the brain of a child, and it was full of flying dreams. — Stanley Kunitz
And in that narrow cockpit I wept, as I shall never weep again, when I felt the concrete brush against his wheels and, with a… — Unknown Author
Now shut the engines off. Come down and flatten out, feel the long float, and at the given moment pull the stick right home. She's… — Unknown Author
Fly, dotard, fly! With thy wise dreams and fables of the sky. — Alexander Pope
Aviators live by hours, not by days. — T.H. White
I would recommend a solo flight to all prospective suicides. It tends to make clear the issue of whether one enjoys being alive or not. — T.H. White
A sky as pure as water bathed the stars and brought them out. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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