Sam Graves Quotes

Historically, Heathrow has been something of a joke, outweighed by its excellent connections. We have to aspire to having an airport at Heathrow with two runways which is a world-class airport. It's a big challenge.

Everything has changed. The flying changed. The airports have changed.

People have to be confident about their sites. We're confident, number one, because under my administration we're managing our airports better than we've ever done before.

It is key that Kansas Citians make the call as to what kind of airport they want.

From the time I was a little itty-bitty kid, I was going to the airport every day. I began to study all the airplanes, and I'd draw all the airplanes.

A shortage of airports runways and gates along outmoded air traffic control systems have made U.S. air travel the most congested in the world.

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.

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

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

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

Whenever we were on a plane, we had a family.

I believe the public's confidence would be increased if the federal government took over the functions of airport security screening for all passengers.

Our community in North Texas is fortunate to have two thriving airports. We serve millions of satisfied customers and employ hundreds of thousands of North Texans. We should not jeopardize that which is working well already.

When I get on a plane these days, I go first class.

Washington is busy with nothing that absorbs the minds and occupies the energies of the typical American city.

If we are to avail ourselves fully of the benefits of civil aviation, and if we are to use the automobiles we can produce, it will be necessary to construct thousands of airports and to overhaul our entire national highway system.

I am well convinced that Aerial Navigation will form a most prominent feature in the progress of civilization

Creating a new air traffic control regulator outside of the FAA would be a risky and expensive undertaking, the consequences and costs of which would be borne by American taxpayers and the traveling public.

To me, the most powerful people in this country, politically, are mayors. If you took all the mayors of the 25 biggest cities and you got them together, you could do more on that level than you ever could through the bureaucracy in Washington.

I travel on 150 flights a year; I am everywhere.

Sky Harbor may be a city airport, but it's an Arizona vital resource used by citizens all over the state, and our economy is dependent on its success.

I have to say, running in flip-flops through the airport can be pretty tricky.

I literally live on American Airlines' 737 commercial airplane.

Most of the time, I am quite familiar with the airports from which and to which I am traveling, and I know what I can eat there. If there is any doubt, I make sure I have something in my bag. A must-have for me is pre-measured protein powder in small Ziploc bags along with a shaker cup.

I fly every single week, sometimes up to four days a week, and I see incredible inconsistencies in TSA throughout our country.