Flying Quotes

But I don't think the popularity of flying has diminished a bit.

I'm not afraid of flying; I just fear I'm going to die. I think I'm - vulnerable. I admit it. I don't fly. I got claustrophobia. I don't go in high buildings. I don't do those things. I'm just myself, whatever that is.

Man must rise above the Earth -- to the top of the atmosphere and beyond -- for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives

If God had intended us to fly, he’d never have given us the railways.

Morality is a mountain which we cannot climb by our own efforts; and if we could we should only perish in the ice and unbreathable air of the summit, lacking those wings with which the rest of the journey has to be accomplished. For it is from there that the real ascent begins. The ropes and axes are 'done away' and the rest is a matter of flying.

There is no such thing as a natural born pilot. Whatever my aptitudes or talents, becoming a proficient pilot was hard work, really a lifetime's learning experience. For the best pilots, flying is an obsession, the one thing in life they must do continually. The best pilots fly more than the others; that's why they're the best. Experience is everything. The eagerness to learn how and why every piece of equipment works is everything. And luck is everything, too.

I should throw you off this building minus the flying horse and see how heroic you sound on the way down.

He who leaps for the sky may fall, it's true. But he may also fly.

When I was picked to fly the X-1, it was my duty to fly it, and I did.

The reason that angels fly is that they take themselves so lightly.

I have found it an amusing strategy, when asked whether I am an atheist, to point out that the questioner is also an atheist when considering Zeus, Apollo, Amon Ra, Mithras, Baal, Thor, Wotan, the Golden Calf and the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I just go one god further.

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.

You cannot learn to fly by flying. First you must learn to walk, to run, to climb, to dance.

Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings.

In the lost battle, Borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle With groans of the dying.

I've had a lot of fear in my life, from fear of flying to fear of making a speech in front of a lot of people.

Every day, every time I sing, I feel blessed, really, to be able to do that. It's like having wings, in a way. It's a bit like flying sometimes, because you go off into another realm. And a whole lot of people come with you. It's amazing.

There are sound economic reasons for believing that a great epoch of air transportation is being born. A new industrial and commercial era is beginning with the airplane just as surely as new areas began with steamships, railroads, and automobiles…. It is truly the Age of the Air.

Why fly? Simple. I'm not happy unless there's some room between me and the ground.

Weightlessness was unbelievable. It's physical euphoria: Nothing about you has any weight. You don't realize that you are weighed down all the time by yourself, and your organs, and your head. Your arms weigh down your shoulders. In space simulation, you get to fly like Superman! You're hanging in the air! It's the coolest thing.

In the Space Age, man will be able to go around the world in two hours—one hour for flying, and one hour to get to the airport.

My plane is a Premiere; it has very efficient gas turbine engines. It goes very fast on relatively little fuel. Flying has been my passion since I was a kid.

On wings of wind came flying all abroad.

I think it'd be pretty cool to fly. Actually, I'd like to be Language Gal. My super power is that I can speak every language.

I love traveling, but I hate planes.