Meaningful Quotes about Flying I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes. Charles Lindbergh
The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air. Wilbur Wright Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow. Lord Chesterfield
As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me. George Orwell
Time is flying never to return. Virgil You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky. Amelia Earhart
We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion. Douglas Bader
Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. Amelia Earhart
Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird. Neil Armstrong
When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return. ~Leonardo Da Vinci
There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror. Orson Welles
Flying is awful, there's nothing to do when you're up in the air. I bloat up, my skin gets dry, and when we hit turbulence, I'm terrified. Daniela Pestova
There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god. John B. S. Haldane
Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror. Pappy Boyington
I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing. Billy Bob Thornton
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
No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris. Orville Wright
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. ~Henry David Thoreau Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying. Neil Armstrong |