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Quotes About Flying

After listening to all this information we came to the conclusion that the world of Sir John Mandeville has by no means disappeared, that the world of two-headed men and flying serpents has not disappeared. And, indeed, while we were away the flying saucers appeared, which do nothing to overturn our thesis. And it seems to us now the most dangerous tendency in the world is the desire to believe a rumor rather than to pin down a fact.
~ John Steinbeck
I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing.
~ Billy Bob Thornton
Sometimes I truly fear that I am losing my mind. And if I did it it would be like flying blind.
~ Howard Hughes
Like we're here, and at the same time, in outer space. Which of course, we are. We're all untethered, all flying around in the dark, the same as Mars and Venus, the same as the stars.
~ Unknown
I thumb. There's a flying alien witch. Awesome.
~ Unknown
I marked the extraordinary lightness of the thing. It was necessary; the weight of an ordinary bone would never have allowed something so large as a dragon to fly.
~ Marie Brennan
If you have a fear of flying, don't. The data are very clear: If you have to travel someplace, the safest way is by airplane.
~ Peter Diamandis
I can't tell you how much we laughed on the set to have Alec Guinness in a scene with a big, furry dog that's flying a space ship.
~ Mark Hamill
Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror.
~ Unknown
Wendy, Wendy, when you are sleeping in your silly bed you might be flying about with me saying funny things to the stars.
~ James M. Barrie
It's one of those birds which very helpfully calls out its own name when it is flying. "Kea! Kea! Kea!" Birdwatchers love them for that. It would be great if the Pallas's grasshopper warbler would learn the same trick. Make warbler identification a lot easier.
~ Mark Carwardine
Sanjay had crashed his light aircraft when he was stunt-flying over central Delhi.
~ Unknown
I quit flying years ago. I don't want to die with tourists.
~ Billy Bob Thornton
If you go flying back through time and you see somebody else flying forward into the future, it's probably best to avoid eye contact.
~ Unknown
I am in the zone, the perfect balance between manic and drunk, I am mellow, I'm cool, cool as cats. I've found the answer, the thing that takes the edge off, smoothes out the madness, sends me sailing, lifts me up and lets me fly.
~ Marya Hornbacher
a porch light. Cecropias also fly by day, unlike most other moths. They like open country,
~ Unknown
Madam Hooch
~ Unknown
And Prometheus was flying directly toward them. William Shakespeare shifted uncomfortably in his seat. "Now, I've never been a warrior,and I know little about tactics,but shouldn't we be flying in the other direction?" They were close enough now to see the wide-eyed anpu in the nearest craft. "We will," Prometheus said. "Just as soon as the missiles explode." "Which missiles?" Shakespeare asked. "The two just behind us.
~ Michael Scott
I was not born in a home where there were stereotypes. So that was very useful because it gave me the sense of possibilities, of flying, if I may say, of making my hopes and dreams a reality.
~ Michelle Bachelet
A good pilot knows her skills, has confidence in the machine she is flying, and is aware of what actions are required in case of a hurricane, or in case the wings ice over. Therefore she is confident in her ability to cope with whatever weather conditions may arise—not because she will force the plane to obey her will, but because she will be the instrument for matching the properties of the plane to the conditions of the air.
~ Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I saw the darkness swirling inside him. I saw that his feet did not touch the ground when he played basketball at recess. In moments, he was flying. Not like a bird but subtly, like a person.
~ Miranda July
Superman don't need a seatbelt
~ Unknown
I never really did Christmas before. Christmas Day? I mean - what's that? What's it all about? I was always flying on Christmas Day.
~ Monica Seles
Superman don't need no seat belt.
~ Muhammad Ali