Famous Quotes & Sayings

David Mackay

I can still remember them wheeling the black and white TV sets into our classroom at school so we could watch the men landing on the Moon, and that obviously had a huge impact. I later found out those people flying Apollo were ex-military test pilots, so I decided to join the Air Force and become a test pilot.

Jeff Burton

I can't tell you the number of times I got out of my car on Sunday, the last year or two, to go to the airport and looked at my wife and said 'I drove my tail off today and nobody will ever know it.

I couldn't get the airlines to talk to me last summer. This year four airlines have come to me and offered me cheaper fares than I'm quoting.

I couldn't get him because I couldn't breathe. It was felt like my lungs were on fire. I was trying to get some air so I could go back.

Helen Clark

I could really feel the emotion in the air and I will be thinking about the sailors tonight when I get back home and they are still out there and will be for a many days.

Hank Ketcham

I couldn't wait to borrow his 'magic pencil' and try my own hand at drawing these comic-strip characters, ... It was a major discovery, and I was floating on air with excitement.

I don't think there's enough air marshals to cover commercial aviation as it is. That's what transit police are for.

Joe Nemechek

I don't think the race was 10 laps old when I heard a thump. I didn't think much of it at the time, but it turned out to be very costly. I don't know what hit us, but whatever it was, it caused extensive damage to the right-front fender and the air dam.

I do think there has been an air of cooperation, and I think we are going to read this here and see we have made some progress on both sides.

I'd rather the Air Force did its job protecting its own facility. They're better trained. I feel that's what they're in the military for.

I don't see anything on the horizon that doesn't say the air logistic centers are in the military structure for good.

I don't see any other large airlines in danger, but Independence Air is very weak financially.

I don't think Congress is going to go for such big increases in troubled programs unless and until the Air Force can prove that it has got a handle on the problems with acquisition and oversight of contractors.

Jim Kolbe

I applaud them (the agency) for finally moving forward and selecting the Predator B as the UAV that will keep a watchful eye on our borders, ... They can't get them in the air soon enough as I am concerned.

I am very impressed with Air Force. Going in I knew they were very good and thought they might be the best team we play all year.

David Attenborough

I asked the airline staff what I was going to do with all the animals as I didn't have any food for them. They were very unhelpful.

Jim Webb

I am not convinced the Clean Air Act was ever intended to regulate or classify as a dangerous pollutant something as basic and ubiquitous in our atmosphere as carbon dioxide.

I am proud of the men and women of the FAMS and salute you for your dedication and performance in fulfilling our mission. I leave knowing that the Federal Air Marshal Service is an effective, competent federal law enforcement organization that will continue to be an important contributor to the security of the homeland.

If cloud formation is really due to air circulation, this is what it will do.

He's nothing but a coward, and he doesn't deserve to breath the same air that I do.

How high prices rise and how long they stay elevated is still up in the air because we don't know what the ultimate damage is going to be.

Graeme Samuel

However, increased passenger numbers have seen airport costs on a per passenger basis generally decrease or slightly increase during this time and combined with price rises, airport profitability has risen substantially over the period.

However, it takes two parties to negotiate and we need Northwest Airlines to come to the table with decision-makers that have the authority to make a deal.

However, the jump in new orders was too narrowly concentrated in civilian aircraft and defense orders to offer much more than modest encouragement. Although the worst may be over for the manufacturing sector, any recovery is likely to be sluggish.

Jim Hall

However, ... the incident involving the Nation's Air Boeing 727 ...was a matter worthy of investigation.

Jack Adams

However, during those months the airmen and ship crews of the U.S. Navy learned the lessons we needed to win the Battle of Midway.

Matthew Caws

I could have done without a few years in the middle there where I was really struggling to pay the rent. That was rough. But, hey, that's a cheap price to pay to be able to keep this hobby as my job. When I was 11, I liked making those airplane models. And then when I was 12 and 13, I really liked listening to records. It was the next thing and I got to hang out on this one. I'm still there.

Peter Sagal

I could do that, I could get on the air and pontificate about something.

I commute almost everyday. The main reason is that its fun, healthy, good for me and its good for the community, better for the air and less traffic.

Dan Brown

I chose the name Langdon for a combination of reasons. The name first occurred to me as a tribute to one of my favorite artists, John Langdon, who not entirely coincidentally is a passionate art-lover and a teacher like Robert Langdon. I also like the way his name sounds; all of my heroes have two syllabus names for reasons of rhythm. In addition, the name Langdon is an old New England family name that carries with it an air of erudition and academia, which works nicely for a Harvard professor.

I can confirm that the coalition has made contact with the enemy and that some have been killed, ... A number of attacks by air have been conducted.

I called Southwest Airlines and asked how quickly they could get me from here to Biloxi,

Robert Pinsky

I don't like to have a calm, orderly, quiet place to work. I often compose while driving, compose in my head. It is true that I wrote my little book, 'The Sounds of Poetry, A Brief Guide,' almost entirely in airplanes and airport departure lounges.