Nick Hanauer Quotes

Having been on a private jet only two or three times, it's one of life's great luxuries.

We're constantly buying airplane tickets; we travel on the Concorde.

There's nothing - I've bought everything I want. I don't like yachts or anything; you know, I'm not a yacht person, and I've got pretty much the nicest plane I'd want to have.

I would always be going from L.A. to Miami to New York, to Russia, St-Tropez. Costs about $50,000 for a domestic flight, $250,000 for overseas. Yeah, that's an expensive habit.

In the late 1990s, I was a guest on a private plane. By the time my partners and I got off the flight, we knew we had to figure out how to fly privately more often.

I literally have a private jet on call at all times.

We don't have to do this. Just say the word and I can have a jet here in an hour. We can go anywhere

I didn't go around the world, I went around the world on a private jet. I didn't have a hotel room, we had an entire floor. We were spoiled.

A plane is a guilty pleasure. I have one. It's a great luxury. I appreciate it. I couldn't do what I do. It's not something you can write down as anything other than, "Wow, I can't believe I have this and I'm absolutely spoiled and entitled." On the other hand, I have one and I use it.

I have a flat in Paris and go there a lot, but the Eurostar's much more civilised than flying.

I do often fly first class, but I don't travel with a posse, or bodyguard, or an assistant.

My greatest pleasure is still flying private. I spend between $300,000 to $500,000, depending on my year, on flying private.

I have to say that flying on Air Force One sort of spoils you for coach on a regular airline.

If I were really rich, I would be flying places, I think.

I have flown with British Airways since I was a very little child, so it feels quite special to have gone from family holidays flying around Europe to become a gold card holder and be spoiled enough to travel more than not in first class.

We used to have our own plane with the band's name on the side. It was a dream come true. You drive to a local airport. There's none of this checking in stuff; you just get on the plane.

Airline glamour never promised anything as mundane as elbow room, much less a flat bed, a massage, or an arugula salad. It promised a better world. Service and dress reflected the more formal era, but no one expected air travel to be comfortable. It was amazing just to have hot food above the clouds.

I mean, I'd love to have a private jet - I know people who fly by private jet all the time... I've hitched a ride a few times and it is not overrated at all; it's a great way to travel!

I do try to go home as much as possible after each show. I've got my own plane. I'm very fortunate.

Donald Trump is a great friend, and he has four or five Picassos on his plane. And that's where I would look at them.

When we're touring America or Europe, we use our own plane and a great advantage of that is it cuts out an awful lot of time checking in. You literally drive up to the plane, get on and then drive off at the other end.

I consider myself a frequent flyer, flying roughly 200 times a year on mostly mainstream airlines.

I have to travel a lot for work.

Everybody has their 15 minutes, and those 15 minutes should be spent in a private limo and a private plane. It's the ultimate.

Harrison Ford invited me to fly on his private plane to Los Angeles, and he's great to work with. He's really down to earth, and we got to know each other quite well.