Quotes About Flight

I thought about the ravens, and I spread my wings to fly...

Si colocas un rayo de sol entre las palmas de tus manos, se convierte en sombra; si atrapas luciérnagas en un frasco, mueren. Pero si amas como si tuvieras alas, siempre sentirás la emoción de estar suspendido en pleno vuelo.

amas como si tuvieras alas, siempre sentirás la emoción de estar suspendido en pleno vuelo.

Due to the technology used to create Cyborg, his powers are ever-evolving. They include the ability to interface with anything technological, flight, super strength, hologram projection, and a sophisticated weapons system... the list goes on! He has powers within him that even he isn't yet aware of.

Wear comfortable clothes when you fly; my preference is T-shirt and jeans.

The reason why people wear pajamas to the airport in the first place is so that they'll be comfortable during their flight. But you know, typically, air travel is 50 to 75 percent of the time you spend traveling. The rest of the time you spend in public places like airports and around other people. That's when looking good trumps comfort.

Drink a lot of water, wear big sunglasses, and don't wear make-up on the flight.

My grandmother was, back when they called them 'stewardesses,' a flight attendant. I actually had a ball wearing that little uniform and making sure everything was under control.

I don't really like long flights any more - I find them too tiring. Flying always involves the same things these days - huge crowds at airports, waiting around, late take-offs, weather problems, and so on. I don't really enjoy travelling. I don't imagine anyone does except young children.

If it's really beautiful weather, sometimes I might take a helicopter out. I got my license in 1999.

I've owned 41 airplanes. A few of them would talk with me. This little seaplane, though, we've had long conversations in flight. There's a spirit in anything, I think, into which we weave our soul. Not many pilots talk about it, but they think about it in the quiet dark of a night flight.

I'm not a great flyer. It's ironic, since I'm in showbiz and have to fly at least twice a week. I try to sleep and blot it out.

My main incentive now is to be so successful that I can get a private jet and sit with the pilot. I got upgraded to first class the other week, but even there I was still scared. I could be massaged for the whole flight and still think I'm going to die.

Instead of traveling on a weekend, begin your trip on a Tuesday or Wednesday, which are often the cheapest days to fly. Being flexible with timing can help with savings.

Portland is a two-hour flight from L.A. It has wonderful talent, and it hasn't been shot to death. I'm all in favor of it becoming a serious player in the industry.

There's always a possibility that you can have a catastrophic failure, of course. This could happen on any flight.

I don't have an album cover with me on a broomstick.

I like the idea of taking off like a bird.

It is said the boundless steppes of Asia gave flight to tales of heroes and heroines because the conditions there are so harsh.

Short of flamethrowers, nukes, or a bunch of trained Drifter killers, the best strategy is nature's simplest: run like you're a zebra at a waterhole and a pride of lions just showed up with ketchup and silverware.

The goddamn Air Force was probably taking a coffee break. That's how they worked—like union bus-drivers—most of the time. Six or seven hours of flight time (not to exceed this or that altitude, of course), and then it was bye-bye for a didy change, a nap, and a cup of cocoa.

desk into a small and lonely light and floated in dreams on a skiff of words. He blinked away the shadows of an ominous image, something tremendous, dark, winged, blotting over the sparkle of the rising sun. Kipling stood up, one hand pressing the cloth, the other still shielding his eyes. "An airplane," he said. The double wings dipped and a trail of black smoke stained the perfect blue sky and then the craft lurched and dropped below the level of the trees.

I caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing.

His hands keep turning into birds, and his hands keep flying away from him. Eventually the birds must land.