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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.

Dad always encouraged my singing, so when 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' was a hit in the States, I flew my parents to New York first-class to see me, put them up at the Waldorf Astoria, then they sailed home...

Quotes by Kiki Dee

My show 'The Big House' was picked up; they flew me to New York. I'm about to step on stage to announce Kevin Hart's 'The Big House.' And a hand grabs my shoulder, 'Kevin no, they just decided to cancel...

Quotes by Kevin Hart

To research my book 'Me the People' - in which I have rewritten the entire Constitution of the United States - I flew to Greece, the birthplace of democracy. I bused to Philly, the home of independence. I even, if...

Quotes by Kevin Bleyer

One of the reasons I wrote 'Airborn' was that I'd fallen in love with the great passenger airships which flew in the '20s and '30s. Their time was short-lived. They were frail, they tended to crash; and they could never...

Quotes by Kenneth Oppel

My father is Nigerian; my mother is from Texas and African-American. My father was the first in his family to go to university. He flew from Nigeria to Los Angeles in the '70s to go to UCLA, where he met...

Quotes by Kehinde Wiley

The 'Tickle Monster' story literally flew out of my mouth.

Quotes by Josie Bissett

There was only one catch and that was Catch-22. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn't, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and...

Quotes by Joseph Heller

I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona audition, and we just started joking around.

Quotes by John Goodman

I was in a play directed by my father, and I was doing a fight scene, and the choreography went haywire, and I flew backward over a chair and ripped my thumb all the way to my wrist and had...

Quotes by Jeremy Piven

When I got home from hospital, and I was in a wheelchair in a plaster body cast, an aeroplane flew over. And I thought to myself, 'Well, if I can't walk, then I might as well fly.' And I was...

Quotes by Janine Shepherd

In Tanzania, the chimps are isolated in a very tiny patch of forest. I flew over it 13 years ago and realized that, basically, all the trees had gone, that people all around the park are struggling to survive. It...

Quotes by Jane Goodall

The starting point of all great jazz has got to be format, a language that you can work within that, in some ways, is much tighter than the blues or even gospel. It's all working towards the same destination -...

Quotes by James McBride

Words played an important part in my growing up. Not only the written word... but words that flew through the air: jokes, riddles, puns.

Quotes by James Howe

I finished my junior year of high school and flew out to Los Angeles. I didn't know the difference between a manager and an agent. But I got here and just started hustling and meeting anyone I could.

Quotes by Jake Paul

When we won the 2009 World Cup in Australia, we flew economy, shared hotel rooms and had a 10:45 P.M. curfew.

Quotes by Isa Guha

I can write, He floated up to the ceiling, and a baby rabbit came out of his pocket, grew wings, and flew away. And you will believe that it really happened. That's magic, isn't it?

Quotes by Humphrey Carpenter

Kanye has been a good friend for ten years. He flew back from London to Los Angeles for 24 hours just to go to my wedding.

Quotes by Harley Pasternak

My first time on TV doing stand-up, I actually did this show in Holland called 'The Comedy Factory' hosted by Jorgen Raymann. It was in 2006 in Holland. It was amazing. I had only been doing stand-up for four years,...

Quotes by Hannibal Buress

When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's...

Quotes by Hamza Yusuf

I never did get hit, and neither did any of the leaders that I flew wing for.

Quotes by Gus Grissom

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this flew quotes collection about?
It gathers reflections on travel and flight, from a hurried trip taken straight from a film set to a fascination with fragile early passenger airships.
Why do people search for flew quotes?
Travel-themed quotes are popular for captions about trips, transitions, or a fascination with flight and motion in general.
Do these quotes cover real aviation history?
Yes, one references the short-lived era of passenger airships from decades ago, admired for their design despite being frail and short-lived.
Is there a personal, non-technical side too?
Yes, another describes flying while still emotionally caught up in a film role, showing travel can carry personal, not just literal, meaning.
Where can I find related themes?
Our Experience and Day collections complement this page well.

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