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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Times is still a-flying And this same flower that smiles today, Tomorrow will be dying. – Robert Herrick
Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway. – Mary Kay Ash
Any coward can sit in his home and criticize a pilot for flying into a mountain in a fog. But I would rather, by far, die on a mountainside than in bed. What kind of man would live where there is no daring And is life so dear that we should blame men for dying in adventure Is there a better way to die – Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.
Die-hard conservatives thought that if I couldn't get everything I asked for, I should jump off the cliff with the flag flying-go down in flames. No, if I can get 70 or 80 percent of what it is I'm trying to get ... I'll take that and then continue to try to get the rest in the future. – Ronald Reagan
Don't forget that birds with broken wings walking on the ground were once flying high up in the sky. – Mehmet Murat ildan
Earth travels in the space at the speed of 108,000 kilometres per hour. When you walk calmly in a forest, you must know that you are in fact flying in the space at that crazy speed! – Mehmet Murat ildan
Entering a cell, penetrating deep as a flying saucer to find a new galaxy would be an honorable task for a new scientist interested more in the inner state of the soul than in outer space. – Dejan Stojanovic
Every time a strong wind blows, every sand and dust yearns for being a solid rock and every solid rock longs for flying with the wind! – Mehmet Murat ildan
Everything is winged in this universe, even a rock! When the time comes, rock crumbles into tiny pieces and starts flying in the air! – Mehmet Murat ildan
Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. – Amelia Earhart
Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today, Tomorrow will be dying. – Robert Herrick, To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. – Lord Kelvin
I could have gone on flying through space forever. – Yuri A. Gagarin
I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit. – Jacqueline Cochran
I think a cute movie idea would be about a parrot who is raised by eagles. It would be cute because the parrot can't seem to act like an eagle. After a while, though, to keep the movie from getting boring, maybe put in some pornography. Later, we see the happy parrot flying along, acting like an eagle. He see two parrots below and starts to attack, but it's his parents. Then, some more pornography. – Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
I would not be too surprised to see a flying horse; I would consider it as a gift of the evolution; but I would be very surprised if it had horseshoe sounds! – Mehmet Murat ildan
I'd like to see a nature film where an eagle swoops down and pulls a fish out of a lake, and then maybe he's flying along, low to the ground, and the fish pulls a worm out of the ground. Now that's a documentary – Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
If the lambs were flying, wolves would have also the wings to fly! – Mehmet Murat ildan
If you go flying back through time, and you see somebody else flying forward into the future, it's probably best to avoid eye contact. – Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
In the dark days of your life, you will need the wings of hope to continue flying. – Mehmet Murat ildan
Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset And he's carrying a beautiful rose in his beak, and also he's carrying a very beautiful painting with his feet. And also, you're drunk. – Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
It was a love of the air and sky and flying, the lure of adventure, the appreciation of beauty. It lay beyond the descriptive words of men-where immortality is touched through danger, where life meets death on equal plane where man is more than man, and existence both supreme and valueless at the same time. – Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.
Lloyd There's really nothing to worry about Mary. Statistically they say you're more likely to get killed on the way to the airport. You know, like on a head on crash or flying off a cliff or getting trapped under a gas truck That's the worst I have this cousin, well y'know, I had this cousin... – Dumb & Dumber
No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris ... [because] no known motor can run at the requisite speed for four days without stopping. – Orville Wright
So. The time has come for me to get my kite flying, stretch out in the sun, kick off my shoes, and speak my piece. 'The days of struggle are over,' I should be able to say. 'I can look back now and tell myself I don't have a single regret.' But I do. Many years ago a very wise man named Bernard Baruch took me aside and put his arm around my shoulder. 'Harpo, my boy,' he said, 'I'm going to give you three pieces of advice, three things you should always remember.' My heart jumped and I glowed with expectation. I was going to hear the magic password to a rich, full life from the master himself. 'Yes, sir' I said. And he told me the three things. I regret that I've forgotten what they were. – Arthur Marx

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