Aviation Quotes

307 Aviation quotes by 184 unique authors

In aviation they have auto pilot and color radar and a lot of other instrumentation that is a backup for pilots. It's really brought the… — Dennis Quaid
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. — Mark Russell
The bluebird carries the sky on his back. — Henry David Thoreau
Sports, entertainment and aviation are three of the most exciting professions in the world; you are dealing with the same magnitude. — John Travolta
I was always afraid of dying. Always. It was my fear that made me learn everything I could about my airplane and my emergency equipment,… — Chuck Yeager
How do you know but ev’ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos’d by your senses five? — William Blake
I mean, if Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at twenty-two, the history of music would have been very different. As would the… — Tom Stoppard
I believe the risks I take are justified by the sheer love of the life I lead. — Charles Lindbergh
I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly. — Friedrich Nietzsche
My soul is in the sky. — William Shakespeare
You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky. — Amelia Earhart
My airplane is quiet, and for a moment still an alien, still a stranger to the ground, I am home. — Richard Bach
Most helmsmen would’ve been satisfied with a pilot’s wheel or a tiller. Leo had also installed a keyboard, monitor, aviation controls from a Learjet, a… — Rick Riordan
Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness. — Alejandro Jodorowsky
The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be?--it is the same the angels… — Mark Twain
What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the new century. — Bertrand Piccard
If you go back to the early days of aviation, the guys designing it built it, and then they got in it and flew it.… — Graham Hawkes
In the early days of aviation, there was a great deal of experimentation and a high death rate. — Elon Musk
At the end of October 4 in 1957, when I was coming back from sea duty in the South Pacific, Sputnik went up. I realized… — Edgar Mitchell
If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22, it would have changed the history of music and of aviation. — Tom Stoppard
The fact is Qatar, Etihad, Emirates, Singapore, Garuda, all of the three Chinese airlines, Air New Zealand - the fact is that international aviation relies… — Anthony Albanese
When I'm up in the air, it's like I'm closer to heaven; I can't explain the feeling. — Unknown Author
There is no sport equal to that which aviators enjoy while being carried through the air on great white wings. — Wilbur Wright

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