Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Hahn

The crazy excuses, Iranian nuclear threats or Nigerian unrest, I shake my head when I hear it. It was hurricanes before. It's a very crazy market, and unfortunately we're stuck with it just like Air Canada and any other transportation companies.

The problem with not being able to receive an over the air signal is that everyone who has a television set that uses an antenna, as opposed to using cable or satellite, may never see broadcast television,

There is a bright spot or two for the Spaniards. French toast has become freedom toast on the Air Force One breakfast menu, but the Spanish omelet is still a Spanish omelet.

The Air Force has it far worse than the Navy in terms of existential fears, primarily due to the rapid rise and unbelievable dissemination of drones, where seemingly now every military unit has their own miniature air wing of what would have recently passed as toys.

Edward Abbey

Civilization, like an airplane in flight, survives only as it keeps going forward.

Edward Abbey

Lightning streaks like gunfire through the clouds, volleys of thunder shake the air.

Edward Abbey

The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone and to no one.

Edward Abbey

The ever-rising cost of living: Someday soon, the corporate technicians will be locking meters on our noses and charging us a royalty on the air we breathe.

Eddie Rickenbacker

Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.

Aristotle

Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when the events come on us by surprise; and the effect is heightened when, at the same time, they follow as cause and effect. The tragic wonder will then be great than if they happened of themselves or by accident; for even coincidences are most striking when they have an air of design.

Elizabeth Bowen

After inside upheavals, it is important to fix on imperturbable things. Their imperturbableness, their air that nothing has happened renews our guarantee.

Dominic Cooper

I'm always in awe of directors because they're just holding so much stuff in the air. They've got so many decisions that they need to be making and they have to have the complete overall look of what the piece of artwork is.

Dixie Lee Ray

Reporters no longer ask for verification, thus they print charges no matter how outlandish they may seem, and once having done that, when the truth comes out, it's buried in the back page or never makes it on the air at all.

The price will be decisive, along with how well they can prove that they're capable of making a profit. I'm not particularly positive about Air Berlin.

Judd Gregg

To protect our environment, our food supply and our health, I have been an opponent of the Clean Air Mercury Rule since it was first published,

John Jones

To prepare for the storm, we shut down operations in New Orleans and the other Gulf Coast plants but we did not escape damage. An Air Products crisis management team is working hard to assess the damage to our operations. Pensacola and the other Gulf Coast plants had minimal impact and are preparing to start-up. The New Orleans site was heaviest hit by the storm. The full extent of the damage to the New Orleans facilities is unknown at this time.

David Neeleman

One of the constraints on the U.S. business is the pilot shortage. There's not an abundance of pilots. There may be an abundance of cheap fuel and airplanes. There probably isn't an abundance of gates at popular airports, either.

David K. Shipler

If you stand with the Customs and Border Protection officers who staff the passport booths at Dulles airport near the nation's capital, their task seems daunting.

John Lurie

What I believe to be jazz is constructed and improvised music which is in the air right now. But I don't think that's most people's definition of jazz, you know? We don't know what we're talking about, because we don't know the definition.

We need brighter airport management, not a brighter airport. This gives the impression of doing something by spending money, but it really does very little.

Rhonda Vincent

When we started getting the video airplay is when we saw the album sales start to climb towards the 100,000 mark. Before that, selling 10,000 in bluegrass was considered to be a huge success.

Let's take the time to clear the air of loathsome partisan rhetoric.

Love is not always in the air on Valentine's Day, especially by spending time in family law court.

Last year, we had to get snow off the airport runway.

Last year was an excellent year for the industry. There is still a big need for airlines to renew their fleets.

Last year was a challenging year for the airline industry as a whole, which makes the news of our record even more significant.

Last year's boom in aircraft orders, which reached record levels, suggests that a cyclical bust is not far behind.

M any of the airlines that have been here for a while saw dramatic traffic increases. It's a competitive business. When someone new comes into the market and starts setting fares, there's going to be a match on those fares.

Many of you have e-mailed me or telephoned me. I've heard from you by just about all means possible except by hot air balloon.

Several airlines are anxiously watching these proceedings. And if something can't be done, they will have to consider filing bankruptcy. America West is one of those airlines.

Secondary airports take years to become successful. You're competing in a world economy with expectations that there will be an airport close to the major business and population center.

Seasonally, that's the right time to do it. Winter in the airline business is long and cold, and, with these fuel prices, it will be especially long and especially cold this year.

So if you want your 7-year-old to join you, they'll be able to. And if you haven't ridden in 10 years and want to dip your toes in the water, this is something you can get your bike out, put air in your tires and give it a try.