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Flew Quotes

Lines about motion, travel, and taking off.

This set of flew quotes captures movement in different forms, from a rushed flight taken straight out of character on a film set to a fascination with the fragile passenger airships of decades past. It pairs well with our Experience collection.

Last Updated on May 30, 2021

Education
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Nov 07, 2020

I flew fighters for the Navy in San Diego for three years, went and did my post-graduate education, and then I was a test pilot in Patuxent River, Maryland, for a few years. I was back in the fleet in the Navy when I was selected to come back here to NASA to become an astronaut.

Quotes by Alan G. Poindexter

Day
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Nov 07, 2020

My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended into the skies of Victorian London in the wicker basket of a hot-air balloon. They were soon to emigrate to Canada, and the aerial ride was meant to be a last view of their beloved England.

Quotes by Alan Bradley

Force
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Nov 07, 2020

I flew on Air Force Two for eight years, and now I have to take off my shoes to get on an aeroplane.

Quotes by Al Gore

Nov 07, 2020

I have said many times I don't want to be considered one who once flew fighters. That's not who I am. I devoted the subsequent 50 years - more - to writing.

Nov 07, 2020

When I was two, a dragonfly flew near me. A man knocked it to the ground and trod on it. I remember crying because I'd caused the dragonfly to be killed.

Nov 07, 2020

I flew aeroplanes, parachuted, walked on my own across the Himalayas - you name it; if it was dangerous, I did it.

For more on journeys and looking back, browse our Back and Day pages alongside this one.

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