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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.

I remember the first time that I flew on an airplane overseas, it was about when I was seven; it was 1969.

Quotes by Gregory H. Johnson

If you go back to the early days of aviation, the guys designing it built it, and then they got in it and flew it. I mean, who does that anymore?

Quotes by Graham Hawkes

It's a pity I flew only once. A space flight is like a drug - once you experience it, you can't think of anything else.

Quotes by Gherman Titov

A duck's nest was found today near the trail on the dry open prairie with as far as could be seen no water or marsh near. The bird flew off but could not tell what species. The eggs nine originally.

Quotes by George Mercer Dawson

I've flown halfway around the world to kiss a girl. I jumped on a plane and flew to Australia.

Quotes by Geoff Stults

I was so intrigued by insects and things that crawled or flew - I could spend hours by myself in a vacant lot.

Quotes by Gary Larson

When I was very young, most of my childhood heroes wore capes, flew through the air, or picked up buildings with one arm. They were spectacular and got a lot of attention. But as I grew, my heroes changed, so...

Quotes by Fred Rogers

The most intense curiosity and excitement prevailed, and though the weather was uncertain, enormous masses of densely packed people lined the road, shouting and waving hats and handkerchiefs as we flew by them.

Quotes by Fanny Kemble

Once I became interested in China, I flew to Beijing in 1996 to spend half a year studying Mandarin. The city stunned me.

Quotes by Evan Osnos

When we began working on Parque Pumalin, rumours flew that we were establishing a nuclear waste site for the United States or, oddly for Episcopalians, which we both are, setting up a Jewish state. It would be funny if these...

Quotes by Douglas Tompkins

The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.

Quotes by Dorothea Brande

Certain movies like 'Wag The Dog,' we used improv on every scene that we did. Pretty much, we would shoot from the script and then some stuff that we came up with in rehearsal, and then we'd have at least...

Quotes by Denis Leary

The people who run record companies now wouldn't know a song if it flew up their nose and died. They haven't a clue, and they don't care. You tell them that, and they go, Yeah? So, your point is?

Quotes by David Crosby

When I was 15, my parents left town for a month. They hid the keys to the car, but I found them. That month, I drove my stepdad's Thunderbird Super Coupe into Manhattan every day, and I would crank Cypress...

Quotes by Danny Masterson

When I was filming 'Premium Rush' in N.Y.C., I flew to L.A. to have a few general meetings. I sat down with Peter Cramer at Universal Studios and spoke about my life and career, and being that I'm such a...

Quotes by Dania Ramirez

Kids flew B-17s in daylight bombing raids over Germany in World War II. Kids fought in Korea and Vietnam.

Quotes by Dan Jenkins

The next night I got on an airplane, and flew to New York and looked into acting schools. Four or five acting schools. One of which was the Neighborhood Playhouse, which I started at six months there after.

Quotes by Dabney Coleman

Early in the 1990s, I flew alone in a dandelion-yellow, single-engine, 180-horsepower Piper Cherokee from Westchester County Airport in New York westward to the Rocky Mountains, landing and refuelling a good many times in middle-sized cities and towns along the...

Quotes by Cynthia Ozick

When I was almost two years old, my grandmother flew from Hongcheon, South Korea, to Flushing, Queens, to take care of me.

Quotes by Crystal Hana Kim

I'm often asked, 'What was, for you, your greatest film experience?' And it always comes back to 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,' aside from being a film that really handled subject matter in such a brilliant, brilliant way.

Quotes by Christopher Lloyd

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.