Aviation Quotes

307 Aviation quotes by 184 unique authors

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
The highest art form of all is a human being in control of himself and his airplane in flight, urging the spirit of a machine… — Richard Bach
What freedom lies in flying, what Godlike power it gives to men . . . I lose all consciousness in this strong unmortal space crowded… — Charles Lindbergh
Take possession of the air, submit the elements, penetrate the last redoubts of nature, make space retreat, make death retreat. — Romain Rolland
The air is the most mysterious, the most exciting, the most challenging of all the elements. We leave the planet, we leave the sea, we… — Arthur David Beaty
Flight is the only truly new sensation than men have achieved in modern history. — James Dickey
How many more years I shall be able to work on the problem I do not know; I hope, as long as I live. There… — Robert H. Goddard
I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply to accept it as a common means of transport, although… — Amy Johnson
Aviation will give new nourishment to the religious sprit of mankind. It will add airspace to those other great heighteners of the cosmic mood: the… — Christian Morgenstern
These bright roofs, these steep towers, these jewel-lakes, these skeins of railroad line - all spoke to her and she answered. She was glad they… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
It is not unreasonable to look upon Concorde as a miracle. — Unknown Author

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