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Pilots Quotes

Flying takes precision, and these quotes celebrate the people who master it. They include praise for the skill of women pilots, a small business owner describing the team of pilots and flight companions who keep operations running, a playful nod to a band that shares the name, and a reminder that reading Morse code was once an essential pilot skill now nearly forgotten. Each quote treats flight as both craft and calling.

Skill in the sky depends on precise Control, the kind pilots train for through years of careful practice.

And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.

Quotes by Adolf Galland

I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.

Quotes by Adam Baldwin

I think women make better pilots.

Quotes by Zoey Tur

Me and Twenty One Pilots would be wonderful.

Quotes by Tech N9ne

Adventure Quotes

Disney has been such a big part of my early career. I've done two pilots for Disney, and I've been working with them since I was 16, and I just turned 21.

Quotes by Spencer Boldman

Ships are obliged to take on harbor or river pilots - who provide specialized local navigation - when they approach a port, but in the canal, a Suez crew is also obligatory. The crew members are there in case the...

Quotes by Rose George

We were flying on a winged vehicle that would do reentry different than we had ever done before. So all of those were firsts. Test pilots truly love firsts.

Quotes by Robert Crippen

I've written several pilots that haven't gone, so that's why you haven't seen any.

Quotes by Rob Riggle

Pilots enjoy the fun and challenge of handling the fancy machine.

Quotes by Philip Greenspun

Control Quotes

I employ 20 people in Vienna. The other 130 coworkers are pilots and flight companions. The Overhead is limited with me. Reduces naturally the costs of my fliers.

Quotes by Niki Lauda

Very few pilots even know how to read Morse code anymore. But if a pilot could read Morse code, he could tell which beacon he was approaching by the code that was flashing from it.

Quotes by Mike Ferguson

Pilots are so hard because you have to introduce all these characters, you have to hook an audience, and an audience has such a smaller attention span than maybe they used to have.

Quotes by Max Greenfield

I've been able to sell a number of pilots. Most have been based on my personal experience, so basically, my pitches have been like 'Sit-'n-Spin' pieces.

Quotes by Maggie Rowe

For fear of dropping the troops in the sea, the pilots tended to drop them too far inland - some of them actually in the British lines. The weapon containers often fell wide of the troops, which was another handicap...

Quotes by Kurt Student

Emotion Quotes

Pilots are not the threat.

Quotes by John Pistole

It's not like I decided to continue the Stone Temple Pilots.

Quotes by Jeff Gutt

I had a flight trainer who is one of the biggest and most famous helicopter pilots the world.

Quotes by Izabella Scorupco

But the other thing is that I feel very confident in the individual pilots. They are tremendous individuals. They are individuals that have sworn to protect and defend our very citizens. That's why we serve.

Quotes by Hugh Shelton

I met dozens of pilots and would go on dates. I had the opportunity to go up in one of the planes, but I was scared of flying.

Quotes by Florence Green

Flight Quotes

The successful pilots succeeded because they did not open fire until they were close to the target.

Quotes by Douglas Bader

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Frequently Asked Questions

What does one quote say about women as pilots?
It states plainly that women make better pilots, a direct vote of confidence in female aviators' skill in the cockpit.
How does a small business owner describe their team of pilots?
They describe employing a small core team directly while the majority of their coworkers are pilots and flight companions, noting that keeping overhead low helps reduce costs for fliers.
Is there a lighter, pop-culture mention of pilots in this collection?
Yes, one quote playfully imagines teaming up with the band Twenty One Pilots, calling the idea wonderful.
Why does reading Morse code matter for pilots in these quotes?
One quote laments that very few pilots still know Morse code, even though it once let a pilot identify which navigational beacon they were approaching by its flashing pattern.
Where can I read more quotes about flight and aviation?
Explore the Flight quotes collection for more on the experience of flying.

For more on the experience of flight, browse Flight quotes, or explore Adventure quotes.