Even an eagle will not fly higher than the sun.
—Russian Proverb
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 (1918–2001) American Entrepreneur, Businessperson
No one can realize how substantial the air is, until he feels its supporting power beneath him. It inspires confidence at once.
—Otto Lilienthal (1848–1896) German Glider Pioneer
Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, But, they also get more notoriety when they crash.
—Amelia Earhart (1897–1937) American Aviator
Any landing you can walk away from is a good one.
—Common Proverb
Why fly? Simple. I’m not happy unless there’s some room between me and the ground.
—Richard Bach (b.1936) American Writer, Aviator
The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900–44) French Novelist, Aviator
The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
No need to teach an eagle to fly.
—Greek Proverb
I wish I could write well enough to write about aircraft. Faulkner did it very well in Pylon but you cannot do something someone else has done though you might have done it if they hadn’t.
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American Author, Journalist, Short Story Writer
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do. You can’t stop the plane, you can’t stop the storm, you can’t stop time. So one might as well accept it calmly, wisely.
—Golda Meir (1898–1978) Israeli Head of State
There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has passed that way before. There are no channels marked. The flier breaks each second into new uncharted seas.
—Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001) American Aviator, Author
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–62) American Philosopher
There is an art, or rather a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
—Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English Novelist, Scriptwriter
Flying birds have no master.
—French Proverb
Falling hurts least those who fly low.
—Chinese Proverb
Flying without feathers is not easy; my wings have no feathers.
—Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) (c.250–184 BCE) Roman Comic Playwright
Don’t try to fly before you have wings.
—French Proverb
Flight is the only truly new sensation than men have achieved in modern history.
—James Dickey (1923–97) American Poet, Writer
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 (1835–1910) American Humorist
To fall is not painful for those who fly low.
—Chinese Proverb
I pick the prettiest part of the sky and I melt into the wing and then into the air, till I’m just soul on a sunbeam.
—Richard Bach (b.1936) American Writer, Aviator
The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.
—Walter Raleigh (1552–1618) English Courtier, Navigator, Poet
The roast duck can fly no more.
—Chinese Proverb
To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. To fly is everything.
—Otto Lilienthal (1848–1896) German Glider Pioneer
The desire to reach for the sky runs deep in our human psyche.
—Cesar Pelli (1926–2019) Argentinean-born American Architect
I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900–44) French Novelist, Aviator
You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.
—Amelia Earhart (1897–1937) American Aviator
They quarrel about an egg and let the hen fly.
—German Proverb
When a heart is on fire, sparks always fly out of the mouth.
—Common Proverb
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