Quotes for All
It doesn’t look nearly as big as it did the first time I saw one. Mickey McGuire and I used to sit hour after hour in the cockpit of the one that American used for training, at the company school in Chicago, saying to each other, ‘My God, do you think we’ll ever learn to … Read more
What a dissimilarity we see in walking, swimming, and flying. And yet it is one and the same motion: it is just that the load- bearing capacity of the earth differs from that of the water, and that that of the water differs from that of the air! Thus we should also learn to fly … Read more
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying. Friedrich Nietzsche
You cannot learn to fly by flying. First you must learn to walk, to run, to climb, to dance. Friedrich Nietzsche
Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Douglas Adams
Like a young eaglet that gets pushed out of the nest at the appropriate time, a young man must learn to fly on his own. If the nest is too cushy, if all of his creature comforts are there for his enjoyment, then he may set up his high-definition television and perch for a while. … Read more
The most beautiful experiences I’ve had climbing are when everything is simplified. Free soloing is the simplest thing, until you learn to fly or to walk on air – which I feel is all possible. Dean Potter
Narcissism really spreads its wings and soars on twitter. It’s like watching a dragon hatch and learn to fly. Dave Anthony
It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. C. … Read more
A man sentenced to death obtained a reprieve by assuring the king he would teach his majesty’s horse to fly within the year – on the condition that if he didn’t succeed, he would be put to death at the end of the year. “Within a year,” the man explained later, “the king may die, … Read more