Plane Quotes

764 quotes by 639 authors

I was building the plane while flying it in the first term, — Kwame Kilpatrick
The god of the world is the gold and the silver. The world worships this god. It is all-powerful to them, though they might not… — Lorenzo Snow
We can in fact first place the beam of rays of moving positive atomic ions in a plane perpendicular to the axis in which we… — Johannes Stark
Achieving the summit of a mountain was tangible, immutable, concrete. The incumbent hazards lent the activity a seriousness of purpose that was sorely missing from… — Jon Krakauer
On planes I always cry. Something about altitude, the lack of oxygen and the bad movies. I cried over a St. Bernard movie once on… — Michael Stipe
The kinds of errors that cause plane crashes are invariably errors of teamwork and communication. — Malcolm Gladwell
The public totally discounts low-probability high-consequence events. The individual says, it's not going to be this plane, this bus, this time. — Amanda Ripley
Does anyone believe that the difference between the Lebesgue and Riemann integrals can have physical significance, and that whether say, an airplane would or would… — Richard Hamming
When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck; when you invent the plane you also invent the plane crash; and when you invent… — Paul Virilio
I can visualize the time when almost every family will have a small plane in their back yard. — Henry Ford
Good checklists, on the other hand are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even in the most difficult situations. They… — Atul Gawande
Spring came late, but when it came it was hand-in-hand with summer, and almost at once everything was baking and warm, and in the villages… — Nancy Mitford
My husband travels a lot with his job, so we have a lot of frequent flyer miles so we can hop on a plane with… — Jeri Ryan
I don't have any relationship with God and I've never wanted it. I don't believe in fate or in any superior entity; if a plane… — Fernando Alonso
The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business in to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down. His trained hand… — Eddie Rickenbacker
I gained in experience with every plane shot down, and now was able to fire in a calm, deliberate manner. Each attack was made in… — John Trevor Godfrey
Photography is inherently an analytic discipline. Where a painter starts with a blank canvas and builds a picture, a photographer starts with the messiness of… — Stephen Shore
Other factors affecting the '109 as a combat plane include the small cramped cockpit. This is quite a tiring working environment, although the view out… — Mark Hanna
Music is a plane of wisdom, because music is a universal language, it is a language of honor, it is a noble precept, a gift… — Sun Ra
Coitus can scarcely be said to take place in a vacuum; although of itself it appears a biological and physical activity, it is set so… — Kate Millett

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