Passengers Quotes

205 Passengers quotes by 184 unique authors

The air is annoyingly potted with a multitude of minor vertical disturbances which sicken the passengers and keep us captives of our seat belts. We… — Ernest K. Gann
When it comes to flying, I am a nervous passenger but a confident drinker and Valium-swallower. — Martin Amis
It was over in a blink of an eye, that moment when aviation stirred the modern imagination. Aviation was transformed from recklessness to routine in… — George Will
Our grandfathers were less well-housed, well-fed, well-clothed than we are. The strivings by which they bettered their lot are also those which deprived us of… — Aldo Leopold
Civility is only a passenger - not a driver - on the information superhighway. — Don Rittner
[Love] has as few problems as a motocar. The only problems are the driver, the passengers, and the road. — Franz Kafka
I doubt that art needed Ruskin any more than a moving train needs one of its passengers to shove it. — Tom Stoppard
About 60 percent of the oil consumed daily by Americans is used for transportation, and about 45 percent is used for passenger cars and light… — Sherwood Boehlert
To place a man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific… — Lee De Forest
Helpless, unknown, and unremembered, most human beings, however sensitive, idealistic, intelligent, go through life as passengers rather than chauffeurs. Although we may pretend that it… — Ralph Harper
If we were to start today on an organized and well-supported space program I believe a practical passenger rocket can be built and tested within… — Wernher von Braun
Before the current decade ends, fee-paying passengers will be experiencing suborbital flights aboard privately funded vehicles. . . . It won't be too long before… — Arthur C. Clarke
Mutt enjoyed traveling by car, but he was an unquiet passenger. He suffered from the delusion, common to dogs and small boys, that when he… — Farley Mowat
Less than 10% of the fuel energy burned in automobiles is translated into forward motion of the vehicle and even then most of this energy… — David Suzuki
Our future is like that of the passengers on a small pleasure boat sailing quietly above the Niagara Falls, not knowing that the engines are… — James Lovelock
Night and day the river flows. If time is the mind of space, the River is the soul of the desert. Brave boatmen come, they… — Edward Abbey
The police force were outstanding in their field. But all they did was stand in their field. They kept passengers on board while they played… — Michael O'Leary
I want to bring passengers on my airplanes to present to them my product. — Niki Lauda
It does not make sense that we are allowing known potential weapons, not unlike those the 9-11 hijackers used to overcome the crews of four… — Dave Reichert
The reason we are doing these types of pat downs and using the advanced imagery technology is trying to take the latest intelligence and how… — John S. Pistole
We continue to subsidize highways and aviation, but when it comes to our passenger rail system, we refuse to provide the money Amtrak needs to… — Corrine Brown
We put people of concern on the watch list or the no-fly list, so we have a number of layers of security beyond the airport… — John S. Pistole
They say that most airline seats on planes today are meant for 170-pound passengers. The last time the average American weighed 170 pounds, the Wright… — Jay Leno
It haunted him all night, while he slept alone; it was still there in the morning, when he swallowed his coffee and backed down the… — Richard Yates
We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that… — Ella Maillart

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