Flying Quotes

1248 quotes by 973 authors

Wide open and unguarded stand our gates And through them presses a wild motley throng Men from the Volga and the Tartar steppes Featureless figures… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
The people of Sydney who can speak of my work [on flying-machine models] without a smile are very scarce; it is doubtless the same with… — Lawrence Hargrave
Let us hope that the advent of a successful flying machine, now only dimly foreseen and nevertheless thought to be possible, will bring nothing but… — Octave Chanute
Nothing will ever equal that moment of joyous excitement which filled my whole being when I felt myself flying away from the earth. It was… — Jacques Charles
Workers must root out the idea that by keeping the results of their labors to themselves a fortune will be assured to them. Patent fees… — Lawrence Hargrave
We went all the way down the Himalayan chain for a day and a half. That was magnificent, except the Chinese told us they were… — Richard Branson
I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind and spirit. — Jacqueline Cochran
Paint the flying spirit of the bird rather than its feathers. — Robert Henri
May there not be methods of using explosive energy incomparably more intense than anything heretofore discovered? Might not a bomb no bigger than an orange… — Winston Churchill
The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking. — Jonathan Swift
Instrument flying is an unnatural act probably punishable by God. — Gordon Baxter
In the space age, man will be able to go around the world in two hours - one hour for flying and one hour to… — Neil H. McElroy
Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror. — Pappy Boyington
I thought I would keep it on the ground until I became familiar with it, but on account of the wind, I unexpectedly took to… — Arthur P. Warner
It's OK to have butterflies. Just get them flying in formation. — Francisco Lopez
The history omankind seems like kite flying; sometimes, when the wind is favorable, we let go the string a little and the kite soars a… — Lin Yutang
What I feel like - 'cause I wanna be married, of course - I feel like the type of girl I would be with is… — Kanye West
It isn't often that a writer of superlative skills knows enough about flying to write well about it. — Samuel Hynes
I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing. — Billy Bob Thornton
I quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists. — Billy Bob Thornton

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