Flight Quotes

927 Flight quotes by 688 unique authors

Here are sweet peas, on tiptoe for a flight; With wings of gentle flush o'er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To… — John Keats
A poem should be wordless As the flight of birds. — Archibald MacLeish
Angela Carter, Leonora Carrington, even nonsurrealists like Kafka and Nabokov - writers like these, who create paths between the firmly grounded and flights of fantasy,… — Jeff VanderMeer
Acting time is like flight time: You can work on a simulator, you can rehearse, but unless you're really in front of the camera or… — John Kapelos
It makes me sad when I find sisters who aren't joyful. They might smile, but with just a smile they could be flight attendants! — Pope Francis
And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights. — Adolf Galland
Nobody can hurt me without my permission. — Mahatma Gandhi
In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing pilots… — Mary Garden
I don't like lifts and will walk up 20 flights of stairs if I have to. Crowded rooms make me uncomfortable, too, although I can… — Robin Gibb
The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or flight… — Daniel Goleman
If a hundred people want autographs, sometimes you have to say no because you've got to get up for a 4 A.M. flight or something.… — Ellie Goulding
I can't remember much about the early flights, except that it was ages before we got into First Class. — Phil Collins
The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest… — Leonardo da Vinci
I used to think that nails-down-a-chalkboard was the worst sound in the world. Then I moved on to people-eating-cereal-on-the-phone. But only this week did I… — Sloane Crosley
Since graduation, I have measured time in 4-by-5-inch pieces of paper, four days on the left and three on the right. Every social engagement, interview,… — Sloane Crosley
Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. — Amelia Earhart
Flying back from New York, the flight attendant said 'God, I wished you were here yesterday, we had a stroke on the plane. I said,… — Anthony Edwards
The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder. — Albert Einstein
For the last several years and culminating in six months in orbit next year, I've been training for my third space flight. This one is… — Chris Hadfield
Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts… — Ian Hacking
At its best, film should be like a ski jump. It should give the viewer the option of taking flight, while the act of jumping… — Michael Haneke
Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it. — Thomas Hardy
Death is like an arrow that is already in flight, and your life lasts only until it reaches you. — Georg Hermes
The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball. — Ben Hogan
Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she… — Victor Hugo

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