Quotes About Flight

The pilot looked at his cues of attitude and speed and orientation and so on and responded as he would from the same cues in an airplane, but there was no way it flew the same. The simulators had showed us that.

I have this sensation of being in flight all the time, but being on stage is like creating a sanctuary in which you can completely lose yourself. The bits of your personality that you keep under wraps in ordinary life, you can let them run free.

It's like being a bird, maybe, the perspective of flying over the Earth.

There is something very independent about French balloons - you feel you couldn't make a pet of one.

As a kid, I read 'Peter Pan,' and I really wanted to be him.

'Peter Pan' is tried and true - it's a story that everybody knows.

Hopefully, the guys will work on a 'Conchords' film because the world deserves it. That's up to them, because we're all keen to do it. It's about finding the time and the right story. All I can do is encourage them and then wait for the phone call.

When I fly, I never check my bags. I bring a carry-on, an eye pillow, noise-canceling headphones, a big pillow and a blanket.

Before a long-haul flight, buy yourself a cheap, big, comfortable pillow. It makes a huge difference.

My grandfather was an engineer who invented the automatic pilot for airplanes.

My pilot's license. I'm proud of that.

I'd like to have been a pilot.

Yes, I am a pilot. I am a flight instructor and a commercial pilot.

I'll admit I wanted to be a pilot, originally.

When I was younger I wanted to be an airline pilot, but that lasted for about 30 seconds.

Growing up, I wanted to be a pilot!

My first inclination was toward flying and being a pilot.

The '7500' is with Leslie Bibb. It's a big ensemble with a lot of really good people. I play the pilot of the 747 that something happens on as it crosses the Pacific. It's going to do what 'Jaws' did to the ocean. Not make people want to get on!

My grandmother was a flight attendant; my mother had a pilot's license, and my grandfather was a pilot. That's how my grandmother and grandfather met.

All astronauts, even civilians like me without pilot experience, have to learn how to co-pilot a jet called a T-38.

As a kid I wanted to be a pilot.

I'm just tickled pink that I'll be on Endeavour's last flight.

A workday lunch that lasts as long as a transcontinental flight is an impossibility for all but the most pliant and footloose of food tourists. To get in the game, you need a thick wallet, an adventurous palate, and a whole lot of time.

I always wanted to be a pilot.