Mahershala Ali Quotes

I'm not sure if I could bear to go on an aeroplane again. It's not my concern for the welfare of the planet. It's not even the long check-in times and queuing. No, it's the humiliation of the security process that has finally done it for me.

I'd like to fly. Then I wouldn't have to wait in airport security lines.

I flew on Air Force Two for eight years, and now I have to take off my shoes to get on an aeroplane.

I really hate airport queues. I almost feel they should have cattle prods to hurry us up down the aisles. You can't even complain because they might stop you getting on to the flight.

I don't like getting patted down and taking off my shoes at the airport.

The only thing I like about air travel is it gives me time to read.

If anyone wonders why the airlines are not doing well it is because flying has been made such an unpleasant and degrading experience.

The bottom line is, if somebody doesn't go through proper security screening, they're not going to go on the flight.

After 9/11, new security measures not only added longer lines and earlier check-ins, but took away our privilege of carrying knitting needles or our favorite moisturizer on board with us. Although we want to be safe when we fly, in some ways it all just adds to the misery of our experience.

I hate flying, airports and the whole rigmarole - queuing up, security and lost luggage.

I think arriving at or departing from any airport in America is just horrendous these days.

It's just terrible: I miss flights all the time, more than I probably catch one.

I am starting to hate airports and the whole business of getting onto the plane. It all takes so long I want to scream.

I'm not the biggest fan of airports. I try to arrive a few minutes before check-in closes.

I feel like there's no reason to put myself through what I put myself through for 20-something years on airplanes, especially these days. You don't know whether your pilot is going to drop dead over the ocean; you don't know when you try to land whether the wheels are going to come down; you can be searched and seized and detained and quarantined.

On my first flight, I don't know if maybe it's a function of time, or if I was less stressed on my second flight, but just being able to tell what part of the planet we were flying over by the reflected light coming through the window - that was pretty special.

Spending time in airports and planes is probably my least favourite part of being a tennis player.

I hate flying, taking my clothes off, and going through the whole security.

When the day comes, I remember how much I loathe flying. I seethe at the humiliation of airport security checks.

I never seen snakes on a plane

Most people don't recognize me, but they know my name. TSA people rarely recognize my name, ironically, and they are the security people.

If you take one of the first flights out in the morning, typically the airplane and the crew have arrived the night before. When you're not waiting on an inbound flight, there are fewer delays.

My first airplane trip was to Paris. I had this fantasy that I would become a model, and I did!

TSA is such low-hanging fruit. I mean, anybody can bash the TSA.

I recently passed through Mumbai airport. I cannot claim it was a pleasant experience. But if I had a choice between Mumbai airport and Euston on a Sunday afternoon, I'd take Mumbai any day.