Flight Quotes

Wealthy the spirit that knows its own flight. Stealthy the hunter who slays his own fright. Blessed the traveler who journeys the length of the light

The helicopter appeared so reluctant to fly forward that we even considered turning the pilot's seat around and letting it fly backward.

The only thing that can combat fear is action. And there's two actions. There's fight and flight.

The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.

Lean forward into your life... catch the best bits and the finest wind. Just tip your feathers in flight a wee bit and see how dramatically that small lean can change your life.

I hate when I'm on a flight and I wake up with a water bottle next to me like oh great now I gotta be responsible for this water bottle.

The secret of flight is this -- you have to do it immediately, before your body realizes it is defying the laws.

The wing structure of the hornet, in relation to its weight, is not suitable for flight, but he does not know this and flies anyway.

Later, I realized that the mission had to end in a let-down because the real barrier wasn't in the sky but in our knowledge and experience of supersonic flight.

I had a flight trainer who is one of the biggest and most famous helicopter pilots the world.

I don't expect my flight to produce a generation of astronauts and cosmonauts back home, but I hope it will encourage people to pursue their dreams.

Only in silence the word, only in dark the light, only in dying life: bright the hawk's flight on the empty sky.

The thing I'll remember most about the flight is that it was fun. In fact, I'm sure it was the most fun that I'll ever have in my life.

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

Obama is for the 300 million souls of the United States what Andreas Lubitz was for the 150 souls of the Germanwings flight.

Most gulls don't bother to learn more than the simplest facts of flight - how to get from shore to food and back again

No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs has ever made it turn into a ramp.

Beware of the flight of Blessings, For nothing that runs away is returned.

In the mind of a woman for whom no place is home the thought of an end to all flight is unbearable.

I can cure your men of walking off the [flight] program. Let's put on the girls.

And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight.

The important thing in aeroplanes is that they shall be speedy.

Delay not; swift the flight of fortune's greatest favours.

Ah hell. We had more fun in a week than those weenies had in a lifetime.

Oh foolish desires of mortals! How weak are the reasons that lead us to not take off our flight from the ground.

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.

If he is thin, I will probably dine poorly. If he is both thin and sad, the only hope is in flight.

The first guy who got Aids was a French flight attendant. How you like that Frenchie! You know when I come back and run for office, that may be the one that comes back and haunts me.

As a child I wanted to be everything from a doctor, lawyer, flight attendant to an IT pro- fessional and could never make up my mind. I figured as an actor I'd get to play all these professions.

But flies an eagle flight, bold and forth on, Leaving no tract behind.

Wake! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flight The Stars before him from the Field of Night, Drives Night along with them from Heav'n, and strikes The Sultan's Turret with a Shaft of Light

It would be right to state that, with the successful flight of the XR-4 in the summer of 1942, the helicopter became a reality in the United States.

The relaxation response is a physical state of deep rest that changes the physical and emotional responses to stress... and the opposite of the fight or flight response.

More die in flight than in battle.

A man falls down a flight of stairs and somebody rushes over to him and asks, Did you miss a step? No, he answers, I hit every one of them!

The Wright brothers' first flight was shorter than a Boeing 747's wing span. We've just begun with heart transplants.

With the possible exception of having more pleasing lines to the eye while in flight, the monoplane possesses no material advantage over the biplane.

Flight is the only truly new sensation than men have achieved in modern history.

Poised for flight, Wings spread bright, Spring from night into the Sun.

As long as the wrong feels right - it's like I'm in flight.

This is the most important aviation development since Lindbergh's flight. In one fell swoop, we have shrunken the earth.

You can't drink on an eight hour flight, pass out, and then go onstage... well you can, but then you're Spandau Ballet.

Whenever you get on the plane, the flight attendant will always tell you the name of your pilot. Like anyone goes, Oh, he's good.

Without the threat of punishment, there is no joy in flight.

I tell ya when I fly, I don't get no respect. I took one of those cheap flights, no frills. I finished eatin' and had to do the dishes.

In opposition... to all the suggestions of the devil, the sole, simple, and sufficient answer is the word of God. This puts to flight all the powers of darkness.

The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight.

Trouble shots are surprisingly easy if you activate your imagination. You simply must be able to imagine exactly what flight the ball will take before you can play any shot well.

Some people take better care of their pets than they do themselves. Their animals can run like the wind and they can barely make it up a flight of stairs.

To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise.