Balloons Quotes

162 quotes by 139 authors

That's it. Curtains. Off to the races. Treetops. Seashells and balloons. — Al McGuire
Although as a rule the absurd culminates, and it seems impossible for the voice of the individual ever to penetrate through the chorus of foolers… — Arthur Schopenhauer
How posterity will laugh at us, one way or other! If half a dozen break their necks, and balloonism is exploded, we shall be called… — Horace Walpole
We have had bird's-eye views seen by mind's eye imperfectly. Now we will have nothing less than the tracings of nature itself, reflected on the… — Nadar
Villages and woods, meadows and chateaux, pass across the moving scene, out of which the whistling of locomotives throws sharp notes. These faint, piercing sounds,… — Alberto Santos-Dumont
The balloon seems to stand still in the air while the earth flies past underneath. — Alberto Santos-Dumont
Previous to this time I had never even a balloon except from a distance. Being interested in their construction, I was about to institute a… — George Armstrong Custer
Above me I saw something I did not believe at first. Well above the haze layer of the earth's atmosphere were additonal faint thin bands… — Unknown Author
We're at 103,000 feet. Looking out over a very beautiful, beautiful world . . . a hostile sky. As you look up the sky looks… — Joseph Kittinger
Half the art of ballooning is to make your crashes so gentle that you can fool yourself into calling them landings. — Richard Branson
Then I became a mother and it just fills every space, that isn't filled with something else important. It's just like this incredible balloon that… — Thandie Newton
Hot oil! We need hot oil!... Forget the water balloons! — Gary Larson
I suppose it's possible that the Sundance Kid didn't like to make much of his birthdays â€” they may have struck him as just another… — Calvin Trillin
They said daydreaming was against the law, but some of us escaped, slipping out windows and over cyclone fences, some of us flying away with… — Vern Rutsala
Trying to compromise EXCELLENCE, is like trying to let a little bit of air out of a balloon with a hat pin. — Daniel R. Scoggin
You lose your anonymity just like a helium balloon with a string. Therefore people are going to have their own opinion and they're going to… — Kim Basinger
What if I jumped out of an airplane with a couple of tanks of helium and one huge, un-inflated balloon? Then, while falling, I release… — Unknown Author
I felt okay for the first 45 seconds, and then my vision grew fussy. My lungs felt like deflated balloons. I would have sucked oxygen… — Brad Alan Lewis
It has always irked me as improper that there are still so many people for whom the sky is no more than a mass of… — M.C. Escher
We are really on track for a soft landing. There are no balloons popping. — David Lereah

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