Quotes About Flight

as eager to attack as they were ready to take to flight;

And I was afraid. She frightens me because she can knock me down with a word. Because she does not know that writing is walking on a dizzying silence setting one word after the other on emptiness. Writing is miraculous and terrifying like the flight of a bird who has no wings but flings itself out and only gets wings by flying.

All the birds had flown away, save only the great, grotesque penguins.

The long, winging flight through the void . . . cannot cross the universe of light . . . re-created by the thoughts caught in the Shining Trapezohedron . . . send it through the horrible abysses of radiance. . . .

I will fly to those royal birds

The early morning flight to Boise was uneventful. We took off from LaGuardia, which could be a lousier airport but not without a serious act of God. I got my customary seat in economy class, the one behind a tiny old lady who insists on reclining her seat against my knees for the duration of the flight. Studying her gray follicles and pallid scalp—her head was practically in my lap—helped distract me. Squares

When I'm running fast, I don't feel anything, it's effortless, it's like my feet don't even touch the ground, it's like I'm flying.

Did you know that Christmas Day is absolutely the best day to fly? It is. No crowded airports and crowded planes. I always flew to Australia. That's what Christmas was for me - a plane journey to the next tournament.

There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to maximise the band's income - I don't want too see too much taken off the top line.

Oh, bird of my soul, fly away now, For I possess a hundred fortified towers.

A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the point at which it rose into the air, ended the flight.

VR really changes everything for flight because the old simulators for the PC were 2D, and you couldn't look around inside the cockpit and learn the controls or even track other planes through the cockpit.

May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.

It's very far away/It takes about a half a day to get there/ If we travel by-dragonfly.

I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.

How was your flight? Well, aeronautically it was a great success. Socially, it left quite a bit to be desired.

There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.

I heard an airplane passing overhead. I wished I was on it.

Whenever we safely land in a plane, we promise God a little something.

With air travel there is no distance, there is only time.

A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel.

There are no practical alternatives to air transportation.

I'd gotten high enough to fly through time.

Growing up in the '60s and early '70s, with the space flight and the Apollo program, I always loved planes. I always loved rockets and I always loved space travel.