Tom Hodgkinson Quotes

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

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.

Seems like half my anxiety dreams are about airports.

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.

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

Wherever I can get a fast track, I'll try to because I can't stand the airport experience. If you can afford priority boarding, then do it. Nobody wants an unpleasant experience before it starts.

Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror.

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'm not a great flyer. It's ironic, since I'm in showbiz and have to fly at least twice a week. I try to sleep and blot it out.

I don't really like long flights any more - I find them too tiring. Flying always involves the same things these days - huge crowds at airports, waiting around, late take-offs, weather problems, and so on. I don't really enjoy travelling. I don't imagine anyone does except young children.

I hate flying. My stomach churns at the mere thought of it.

I just can't stand being in airports anymore. I just can't stand it.

I remember after 9/11, I started - I was working quite a bit in Vancouver. And then I realized I would go to catch my flight, and it would take me like 20 minutes to get cleared to fly, like, every time. I'm like, what is going on?

My fear of flying starts as soon as I buckle myself in and then the guy up front mumbles a few unintelligible words then before I know it I'm thrust into the back of my seat by acceleration that seems way too fast and the rest of the trip is an endless nightmare of turbulence, of near misses. And then the cabbie drops me off at the airport.

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

I love traveling, but I hate planes.

Bureaucratic nonsense at airports drives me crazy.

I hate everything about airports from getting there to taking off.

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.

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

I hate flying. Know why? Because no one really understands how planes actually work.

I'm an appalling flyer. I get very tense, although I no longer weep uncontrollably for no reason - I just sob if there's turbulence.