Quotes

"The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. " by Doug Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy


You haven't seen a tree until you've seen its shadow from the sky. ~Amelia Earhart

The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul. ~Walter Raleigh

In the space age, man will be able to go around the world in two hours - one hour for flying and one hour to get to the airport. ~Neil McElroy

The Wright Brothers created the single greatest cultural force since the invention of writing. The airplane became the first World Wide Web, bringing people, languages, ideas, and values together. ~Bill Gates

When you think about flying, it's nuts really. Here you are at about 40,000 feet, screaming along at 700 miles an hour and you're sitting there drinking Diet Pepsi and eating peanuts. It just doesn't make any sense. ~David Letterman

I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply to accept it as a common means of transport.... ~Amy Johnson

Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway. ~Mary Kay Ash