Fly Quotes

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Buoyed by water, he can fly in any direction-up, down, sideways-by merely flipping his hand. Under water, man becomes an archangel. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
To fly in space is to see the reality of Earth, alone. The experience changed my life and my attitude toward life itself. I am… — Roberta Bondar
The obvious and fair solution to the housework problem is to let men do the housework for, say, the next six thousand years, to even… — Dave Barry
It is time to face real world, even if it is harder and painful. I'd rather fly and crash, than just snuggle and sleep. — Chetan Bhagat
The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world. — Richard Branson
First, by the figurations of art there be made instruments of navigation without men to row them, as great ships to brooke the sea, only… — Roger Bacon
The Art of Flying is but newly invented, twill improve by degrees, and in time grow perfect; then we may fly as far as the… — Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
I hold that in the flight of the soaring birds (the vultures, the eagles, and other birds which fly without flapping) ascension is produced by… — Unknown Author
Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which man will never be able to cope. . . . The example of the… — Simon Newcomb
This new sport is comparable to no other. It is, in my opinion, one of the most intoxicating forms of sport, and will, I am… — Unknown Author
In less than twenty-five years . . . the motor-car will be obsolete, because the aeroplane will run along the ground as well as fly… — Philip Gibbs
If you are in trouble anywhere in the world, an airplane can fly over and drop flowers, but a helicopter can land and save your… — Igor Sikorsky
The way to fly is to go straight up . . . Such a machine (the helicopter) will never compete with the aeroplane, though it… — Unknown Author
Why does one want to walk wings? Why force one's body from a plane to make a parachute jump? Why should man want to fly… — Charles Lindbergh
Fly-fishing is the most fun you can have standing up. — Arnold Gingrich
Often I have been exhausted on trout streams, uncomfortable, wet, cold, briar scarred, sunburned, mosquito bitten, but never, with a fly rod in my hand… — Charles Kuralt
If you've got short, stubby fingers and wear reading glasses, any relaxation you would normally derive from fly fishing is completely eliminated when you try… — Jack Ohman
Something to think about: If you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become the right fly. — John Gierach
There's more B.S. in fly fishing than there is in a Kansas feedlot. — Lefty Kreh
He told us about Christ's disciples being fisherman, and we were left to assume...that all great fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fisherman… — Norman Maclean

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