Flight Quotes

927 Flight quotes by 688 unique authors

Backward, turn backward, O Time, in your flight, Make me a child again just for to-night! — Elizabeth Chase Allen
Men wrongly lament the flight of time, blaming it for being too swift; they do not perceive that its passage is sufficiently long, but a… — Leonardo da Vinci
The principle of equality does not destroy the imagination, but lowers its flight to the level of the earth. — Alexis de Tocqueville
The thing I'll remember most about the flight is that it was fun. In fact, I'm sure it was the most fun that I'll ever… — Sally Ride
The worship of God is not a rule of safety - it is an adventure of the spirit, a flight after the unattainable. — Alfred North Whitehead
A beautiful blossom is a fleeting thing It stays for a moment and then takes wing: With special rays we catch it ere flight So… — Unknown Author
The mathematician of to-day admits that he can neither square the circle, duplicate the cube or trisect the angle. May not our mechanicians, in like… — Simon Newcomb
The true method of discovery is like the flight of an aeroplane. It starts from the ground of particular observation; it makes a flight in… — Alfred North Whitehead
Five per cent vision is better than no vision at all. Five per cent hearing is better than no hearing at all. Five per cent… — Richard Dawkins
It was cold and windy, scarcely the day to take a walk on that long beach Everything was withdrawn as far as possible, indrawn: the… — Elizabeth Bishop
When I began my career as a flight attendant, I was a 21-year-old with a B.A. in English and stars in her eyes. I wanted… — Ann Hood
This was 1978, when flying was still an occasion, a special grand event that took planning and care. I worked as a TWA flight attendant… — Ann Hood
A workday lunch that lasts as long as a transcontinental flight is an impossibility for all but the most pliant and footloose of food tourists.… — Graydon Carter
When people get into that fight-or-flight place, then they move away from the creative centers of their brain. — Chip Conley
My parents got divorced when I was around a year old. My dad was essentially a nonentity in my life until I got to be… — Tucker Max
My son is an inspired child, a very positive and happy child. The year he was born, he travelled 13 countries with us. I still… — Sonu Nigam
We need a community of nations capable of space flight because we all have to be off this planet sometime in the future. Our sun… — Edgar Mitchell
I like that they call it an airplane cabin. A cabin is where you go to get away from stress. The cabin is a respite… — Regina Brett
When I read that Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had disappeared - a state-of-the-art Boeing 777, said to be an incredibly safe way to travel -… — Henry Rollins
In the early 1970s in Atlanta, I attended what had formerly been an all-white school but had become a black school after integration and white… — Natasha Trethewey

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