Aviation Quotes

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  The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be?--it is the same the angels breathe.

  Mark Twain

  Angel, Clouds, Flying High

  Mark Twain (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Mark Twain (Illustrated)”, p.4707, Delphi Classics

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  Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.

  Neil Armstrong

  Joy, Flying, Special

  "In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility". Book by Francis French and Colin Burgess, September 2007.

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• To most people, the sky is the limit. To those who love aviation, the sky is home.

  Jerry Crawford

  Home, Sky, People

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• We who fly do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet.

  Cecil Day-Lewis

  Lying, Feet, Air

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• Lots of cosy sky That God and I can share. I need air. I need air.

  Alan Jay Lerner

  Air, Sky, Needs

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• Man must rise above the Earth - to the top of the atmosphere and beyond - for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives.

  Socrates

  Airplane, Men, Flying

  Quoted in Brugioni, From Balloons to Blackbirds (1993).

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• The fundamental magic of flying, a miracle that has nothing to do with any of its practical purposes - purposes of speed, accessibility, and convenience - and will not change as they change.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Miracle, Flying, Magic

  ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH (1963). “NORTH TO THE ORIENT”

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• The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Motivation, Flying High, Flight

  Friedrich Nietzsche “Delphi Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche (Illustrated): Friedrich Nietzsche”, Delphi Classics

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• Flying is more than a sport and more than a job; flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime.

  Adolf Galland

  Inspirational, Life, Sports

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

  Steve Prefontaine

  Running, Track, Airborne

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• Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.

  Eddie Rickenbacker

  Airplane, Impossible, Achieve

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• Earthbound souls know only the underside of the atmosphere in which they live . . . but go higher - above the dust and water vapor - and the sky turns dark until one can see the stars at noon.

  Jacqueline Cochran

  Stars, Dark, Dust

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• Flying fosters fantasies of childhood, of omnipotence, rapid shifts of being, miraculous moments; it stirs our capacity for dreaming.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Dream, Omnipotence, Childhood

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• You can't imagine a world, quite frankly, without a safe and secure aviation system. And so our job is to really focus on that, and what we need to do to keep it safe and secure.

  Janet Napolitano

  Jobs, Safety, Focus

  "Secretary Napolitano's Remarks to the National Press Club". www.realclearpolitics.com. April 16, 2010.

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• More than 60,000 jobs have been lost in the commercial aviation industry in the United States since 1999.

  Norm Dicks

  Jobs, United States, Lost

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• I used my aviation contacts to open a travel agency. I used to book Caribbean flights.

  Joseph Force Crater

  Book, Agency, Flight

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• I love Daredevil. I thought it was enjoyable. Okay? There were critical issues with it, and that's why I wear black, some people wear red - we are entitled to our opinions.

  Avi Arad

  Issues, People, Black

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• I think well-read people - the world is open to them.

  Avi Arad

  Thinking, People, World

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• When you get to know me, I don't despair - I just get up, clean up, and start again.

  Avi Arad

  Despair, Clean, Get Up

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• But the community knew Blade, and everybody but us was shocked at the box office, and subsequently the DVD. That was the beginning of the DVD revolution, and Blade was just like wildfire.

  Avi Arad

  Dvds, Office, Community

  Interview With Ken P., www.ign.com. February 10, 2004.

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• Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives and characters and angst. So this movie actually has more heart, more humor.

  Avi Arad

  Heart, Character, Stories

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• Listen, people like Brian Bendis did great things for comic readers, great things for comic readers.

  Avi Arad

  People, Comic, Brian

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. February 10, 2004.

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• At the same time, as you know, unless you are a comic book reader, Daredevil is not a known thing.

  Avi Arad

  Book, Comic, Daredevil

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• The other thing is we have an incredible villain. And we worked very hard to have villains that are connected to the hero. They have an effect, an emotional effect. They never become out-of-this-world, crazy villains.

  Avi Arad

  Crazy, Hero, Emotional

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• Listen, my day job is also Chief Creative Officer for Marvel, and it's a very painful job because we publish a lot of books, and there are things I see where I can punch people out. Therefore, we have some new people now, and the kids are going to read our books.

  Avi Arad

  Jobs, Book, Kids

  Interview with Ken P., www.ign.com. February 10, 2004.

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