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If flies are a great model, they're a great model for flies. These animals, you know, they're not like us. We don't fly. We don't have a compound eye. I don't think we process sensory information the same way. The...

Quotes by Michael Dickinson

Fly flight is just a great phenomenon to study. It has everything - from the most sophisticated sensory biology; really, really interesting physics; really interesting muscle physiology; really interesting neural computations.

Quotes by Michael Dickinson

Although their maneuverability is limited, blind flies can fly remarkably well.

Quotes by Michael Dickinson

It is difficult, but intriguing, to imagine seeing the world as a fly might. First, flies don't have nearly the same visual resolution that we do... so you have to imagine a fuzzier image. Second, fly eyes are faster than...

Quotes by Michael Dickinson

When you see a fly flitting around your hair or your potato salad, you might see an annoyance. But in my lab, you really see a marvelous machine: arguably the most sophisticated flying device on the planet.

Quotes by Michael Dickinson

If you watch a fly on, say, a coffee table, you'll see that they're rubbing their little legs together to groom themselves; they're actually quite clean creatures.

Quotes by Michael Dickinson

The robotic fly that we actually make the most use of in our laboratory is actually not a small thing, it's a giant thing. It has about a meter wing span, and it flaps in three metric tons of mineral...

Quotes by Michael Dickinson

One of the fastest things a fruit fly does is take information from its eyes and react accordingly.

Quotes by Michael Dickinson

A fly with a brain the size of a salt grain has the behavioral repertoire nearly as complex as a much larger animal such as a mouse. That's a super-interesting problem from an engineering perspective.

Quotes by Michael Dickinson

When it first notices an approaching threat, a fly's body might be in any sort of posture depending on what it was doing at the time, like grooming, feeding, walking, or courting. Our experiments showed that the fly somehow 'knows'...

Quotes by Michael Dickinson

It is best not to swat at the fly's starting position, but rather to aim a bit forward of that to anticipate where the fly is going to jump when it first sees your swatter.

Quotes by Michael Dickinson

With any sci-fi fantasy storytelling, you must have rules be very clear, otherwise you lose people, like 'OK, they can fly; now they can't fly.'

Quotes by Melissa Rosenberg

If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.

Quotes by Mel Brooks

To fly we have to have resistance.

Quotes by Maya Lin

I'm really enjoying the process of learning to fly. How it will fit into my life down the road - I'm looking forward to discovering that.

Quotes by Matthew Fox

When I see people who have to fly to a city every day with a laptop and stuff, that's why - I don't think I could manage that.

Quotes by Matthew Broderick

The implication that depressed people are fundamentally irresponsible is a deeply damaging and counterproductive one. Winston Churchill was a depressive. He didn't just fly planes; he was in charge of the Royal Air Force.

Quotes by Matt Haig

You can't teach an ear, you can't teach talent, but you can teach people who have those things not to just fly by the seat of their pants.

Quotes by Marya Hornbacher

I was a fly on the wall at Gawker Media during the heyday of this thing called blogging.

Quotes by Mary Pilon

Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway.

Quotes by Mary Kay Ash

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this "fly" quotes page cover?
This page mixes literal quotes about flying and aviation with the idiom "on the fly," meaning spontaneous or improvised. One creative-process quote uses it that way, describing working "almost on the fly, making stuff and discovering moments." For more on spontaneity and creativity, see our Like quotes page.
Is there a lighthearted quote about flying somewhere just for food?
Yes -- one quote is refreshingly specific: "I would fly to Los Angeles just for a cheeseburger with pickles and extra tomatoes from In-N-Out." It's one of the more fun, literal entries on this page.
Does this collection include a quote about wanting to fly a space shuttle?
Yes -- one quote reflects on that ambition directly: "you don't get to fly it, except for landing, which I'd love to do. I wouldn't go unless I could command it." See more aspiration-themed quotes on our Love quotes page.
Is there a quote about a historical aviation figure?
Yes -- one quote recalls watching a real aviation pioneer: "I remember seeing war hero Jimmy Doolittle fly a Gee Bee racer there. He was my childhood hero." It's a nice piece of personal aviation history. Browse more on our Life quotes page.
Where can I find more quotes about ability and ambition?
Continue with our Able quotes, Go quotes, and Me quotes pages for more on doing what you set out to do.

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