Flying Quotes

1248 Flying quotes by 927 unique authors

Prepare for the unknown, unexpected and inconceivable . . . after 50 years of flying I'm still learning every time I fly. — Gene Cernan
Cloud-flying requires practice, even if you have every modern instrument, and unless you keep calm and collected you will get into trouble after you have… — Charles Rumney Samson
Flying is done largely with the imagination. — Wolfgang Langewiesche
Flying for the airlines is not supposed to be an adventure. From takeoff to landing, the autopilots handle the controls. This is routine. In a… — Unknown Author
There's a lot of Hollywood bullshit about flying. I mean, look at the movies about test pilots or fighter pilots who face imminent death. The… — Robin Olds
I don't think I possess any skill that anyone else doesn't have. I've just had perhaps more of an opportunity, more of an exposure, and… — Bob Hoover
Airshow flying is tough, it's even tougher if you do something stupid. Don't do nuthin dumb! — Ralph Royce
I sometimes still go out hunting for bad weather, flying low in simple airplanes to explore the inner reaches of the clouds. Less experienced pilots… — William Langewiesche
And he supposed it might not be the best of days. But then, he was flying the mails and was not expected to squat on… — Ernest K. Gann
Nobody who gets too damned relaxed builds up much flying time. — Ernest K. Gann
I go out of my way to stay off commuter planes. I have skipped conferences because I would not fly on marginal airlines (and because… — Mary Schiavo
In my experience flying search-and-rescue missions, the greatest single variable contributing to successful rescues was the preparedness and expertise of the person(s) in distress. — Tom Gross
Not long ago, when I was a student in college, just flying an airplane seemed a dream. But that dream turned into reality. — Charles Lindbergh
You only have to bat 1.000 in two things-flying and heart transplants. Everything else, you can go four in five. — Beano Cook
A mud-stained sunlight began to splatter the sodden fields, and the hateful, nasal world of birds began to come to life. It seemed to me… — Blaise Cendrars
There is no such thing as a natural born pilot. Whatever my aptitudes or talents, becoming a proficient pilot was hard work, really a lifetime's… — Chuck Yeager
It is a happy thing that there is no royal road to poetry. The world should know by this time that one cannot reach Parnassus… — Gerard Manley Hopkins
I'm still terrified of flying. I really have to get drunk to fly. I've found that I've developed fears I never had before... fears of… — Jimmy Page
We Americans claim to be a peace-loving people. We hate bloodshed; we are opposed to violence. Yet we go into spasms of joy over the… — Emma Goldman
Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start. — Harold Wilson
I think that religion stops people from thinking. I think it justifies crazies. I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I… — Bill Maher
The popular mind often pictures gigantic flying machines speeding across the Atlantic carrying innumerable passengers in a way analogous to our modern steam ships. .… — Unknown Author
I was building the plane while flying it in the first term, — Kwame Kilpatrick
I find above all that the expression, atonal music, is most unfortunate — it is on a par with calling flying the art of not… — Arnold Schoenberg
... both individuals and companies are using the Netherlands as a haven for productive activity. ... This is good news for all taxpayers. The rich… — Daniel J. Mitchell

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