"Here's a phrase that apparently the airlines simply……" — George Carlin
"Here's a phrase that apparently the airlines simply made up: near miss. They say that if 2 planes almost collide, it's a near miss. Bullshit, my friend. It's a near hit! A collision is a near miss. [WHAM! CRUNCH!] "Look, they nearly missed!" "Yes, but not quite."
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George Carlin
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546 Quotes by George Carlin
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Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck.
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Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.
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Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.
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I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then…
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The reason I talk to myself is that I'm the only one whose answers I accept.
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More Airline Quotes
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This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest…
— Gerard Arpey
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Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear…
— Cecil Beaton
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It's the old adage: You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline…
— Gordon Bethune
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I've spent my life as an airplane mechanic, pilot, aircraft manufacturer and airline CEO who never lost a life or…
— Gordon Bethune
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This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we don't subsidize, we…
— Joe Biden
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I've got stuff about airline mergers, which just shows that my stand-up is getting more insane by the minute.
— Lewis Black
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I do not have a merchandise line. I don't sell knives or apparel. Though I have been approached to endorse…
— Anthony Bourdain
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If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.
— Richard Branson
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Unless they can immediately demonstrate a credible fear of persecution, why shouldn't these people be returned at once to the…
— Ed Koch
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Can a physicist visualize an electron? The electron is materially inconceivable and yet, it is so perfectly known through its…
— Wernher von Braun
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The greatest threat now is a 9/11 occurring with a group of terrorists armed not with airline tickets and box…
— Dick Cheney
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I have to say that flying on Air Force One sort of spoils you for coach on a regular airline.
— Ron Reagan
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