Kris Kristofferson Quotes

My daddy was a World War I pilot, and I just wanted to be able to fly like he did.

My father was a storekeeper at a factory in west London.

There has always been a certain romanticism associated with the airline business. We must avoid its perpetuation at Eastern at all costs.

Running an airline is a normal job. Racing is more.

I'd like to fly.

You know, we travelled a lot when I was a kid because my father was wherever the work was.

My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to get myself a job where I could travel. I did it for two years and had great fun.

… to seek employment as a designer of large aircraft.

My husband and I work for a living.

Running an airline is the most difficult job in the world. Racing was more dangerous for my life.

I wasn't a Pan Am pilot or any other kind of pilot.

My father worked at the Grain Exchange.

My mom worked for Apple, and my dad owned his own business.

My dad took a lot of pride in what he did for a living.

Everything in our lives revolves around our jobs, as much as we hate to say it. Where we live at, where our kids go to school, what we eat, what lifestyle we live, depends on the income we bring in and being able to provide for your family, and that's your employment.

I'm a keen traveller, and I'm a nerd with planes and airports.

Everybody in my family who had a job worked in the auto industry or something related to it.

There's a commercial break coming and I'm very excited about it and you know why? Because that's what keeps daddy in suits.

Work, the what's-its-name of the thingummy and the thing-um-a-bob of the what d'you-call-it.

Work is the nearest thing to happiness that I can find.

To pay for my father's funeral I borrowed money from people he already owed money to. One called him a nobody. No, I said, he was a failure. You can't remember a nobody's name, that's why they're called nobodies. Failures are unforgettable.

I am always for the man who wishes to work.

Motto of the U.S. airline industry - "We're Hoping to Have a Motto Announcement in About an Hour."

I am very proud of my father and what he's accomplished. It is amazing.

Fiorito has all the right stuff. His splendid memoir about his relationship with his dying father belongs on that small shelf with Philip Roth's Patrimony and Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes.