Fly Quotes

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I always felt like Gandalf should have stayed dead. That was such an incredible sequence in Fellowship of the Ring when he faces the Balrog… — George R. R. Martin
Unexpected doors fly open, unexpected channels are free, and endless avalanches of abundance are poured out upon me, under grace in perfect ways. — Florence Scovel Shinn
Everybody's a bird, locked up in a pretty cage. Sometimes you fly to a slightly bigger one, but you never quite have the courage to… — Dave McKean
Then what shall I write? I can't just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I'll let my journal… — David Almond
Man is born unto the trouble as the sparks fly upwards.' In other words suffering is germane to our existence; indeed, how without it, should… — Andrei Tarkovsky
I am accounted by some people as a good man. How cheap that character is acquired! Pay your debts, don't borrow money, nor twist your… — Charles Lamb
Freedom keeps us soaring, but quarreling destroys our ability to fly. — Victor Manuel Rivera
Optimism is not the ability to live on the highest branch. It is the faith to learn to fly. — Wes Fesler
There are women who fly their falcons at any game, little birds and all. — George MacDonald
Man steps on an ant when he can't catch the fly. — Bill Gaede
If a woman wants to fly, first of all she must, of course, abandon skirts and don a knickerbocker uniform. — Harriet Quimby
The men flyers have given out the impression that aeroplaning is very perilous work, something that an ordinary mortal should not dream of attempting. But… — Harriet Quimby
To a psychoanalyst, a woman pilot, particularly a married one with children, must prove an interesting as well as an inexhaustible subject. Torn between two… — Louise Thaden
No. I just wanted to fly airplanes. — Jackie Parker
I want you to be happy, you're my best friend. But it's so hard to let you go now with all that could have been.… — Amanda Marshall
Those who awaken never rest in one place. Like swans, they rise and leave the lake. On the air they rise and fly an invisible… — Gautama Buddha
If you are to do justice to [the great roles], you must fly up to them - rather than dragging them down to you -… — Harold Guskin
We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far… — Plato
It is not enough to just ride this earth. You have to aim higher, try to take off, even fly. It is our duty. — Jose Yacopi
An outdated view still prevails that a low-carbon lifestyle requires immense personal suffering and sacrifice. In my view, nothing could be further from the truth.… — Mark Lynas

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