#flying

We fly, but we have not 'conquered' the air. Nature presides in all her dignity, permitting us the study and the use of such of her forces as we may understand. It is when we presume to intimacy, having been granted only tolerance, that the harsh stick fall across our impudent knuckles and we rub the pain, staring upward, startled by our ignorance. ↗

— Beryl Markham

#nature #nature

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

— Michael Cunningham

#flying #secret

‎They are angry with me, because I know what I am." Said the little eagle. "How do you know that they are angry with you?" "Because, they despise me for wanting to soar, they only want me to peck at the dirt, looking for ants, with them. But I can't do that. I don't have chicken feet, I have eagle wings." "And what is so wrong with having eagle wings and no chicken feet?" Asked the old owl. "I'm not sure, that's what I'm trying to find out." "They hate you because you know that you are an eagle and they want you to think you are a chicken so that you will peck at the ground looking for ants and worms, so that you will never know that you are an eagle and always think yourself a chicken. Let them hate you, they will always be chickens, and you will always be an eagle. You must fly. You must soar." Said the old owl. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#eagles #fable #fables #flying #inspirational

The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it. ↗

— Orson Welles

#excite #flying #hamlet #means #playing

I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

#become #cheapest #dream #flying #had

If the Wright brothers hadn't put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the world these days. So we need pioneers. ↗

— Felix Baumgartner

#brothers #days #flying #hadn #line

Yeah, I'm the Brit who isn't Lewis Hamilton that woke up and realised he was good. I got that tag because I was young, flying around in jets and driving fast cars. I always took my driving seriously, but I suppose I enjoyed life... But I'm not a playboy. ↗

— Jenson Button

#around #because #cars #driving #enjoyed

I don't have a fear of flying; I have a fear of crashing. ↗

— Billy Bob Thornton

#fear #flying #i

I ate a bug once. It was flying around me. I was trying to get it away. It went right in my mouth. It was so gross! ↗

— Hilary Duff

#ate #away #bug #flying #get

The time to worrying about flying is when you're on the ground. When you're up in the air, it's too late. No point in worrying about it then. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#air #flying #ground #late #no point