#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

If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing. ↗

— Coco Chanel

#aspirations #drive #flying #goals #wings

Hundreds of butterflies flitted in and out of sight like short-lived punctuation marks in a stream of consciousness without beginning or end. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#descriptive #flying #prose #writing #description

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

Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. ↗

— Amelia Earhart

#fun #might #plain #price #sailing

I remember laughing an inordinate amount of time. Setting up scenes that involve ooze coming out basements, or pigs' heads flying through windows is really fun. How could you not laugh? ↗

— Margot Kidder

#coming #could #flying #fun #heads