Air Quote by Orville Wright

This machine was a failure to the extent that it could not fly. In other respects it was a very important and necessary stepping…

— Igor Sikorsky

The helicopter appeared so reluctant to fly forward that we even considered turning the pilot's seat around and letting it fly backward.

— Igor Sikorsky

If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.

— Rafael Nadal

The worst way of flying, I think, is standby. It never works. That's why they call it standby. You end up standing there going,…

— Jerry Seinfeld

As we went through mach one, the nose started dropping, so we just cranked that horizontal stabilizer down to keep the nose up. We…

— Chuck Yeager

Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good. Pilots naturally fly the craft in such a manner as…

— Neil Armstrong

Sometimes you need to start again, in order to fly

— Alicia Keys

The way to fly is to go straight up . . . Such a machine (the helicopter) will never compete with the aeroplane, though…

— Emile Berliner

Never fly anything that doesn't have the paint worn off the rudder Pedals.

— Bill Harry

Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder.

— Edvard Munch

The height of the pulleys from the ground was twelve yards, and consequently, when the weights had descended through that distance, they had to…

— James Prescott Joule

Without anxiety and illness I would have been like a ship without a rudder.

— Edvard Munch