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Airplanes2 quotes
Yet I doe seriously, and upon good grounds, affirme it possible to make a flying Chariot. In which a man may sit, and give such a motion unto it, as shall convey him through the aire. And this perhaps might bee made large enough to carry divers men at the same time, together with foode for their viaticum, and commodities for traffique. It is not the bignesse of any thing in this kind, that can hinder its motion, if the motive faculty be answerable thereunto. We see a great ship swimmes as well as a small corke, and an Eagle flies in the aire as well as a little gnat... So that notwithstanding all these seeming impossibilities, 'tis likely enough, that there may be a meanes invented of journying to the Moone; And how happy shall they be, that are first successfull in this attempt? — John Wilkins · 1640I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for other people to go on. — Jean Kerr · 1960Air travel1 quote
I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for other people to go on. — Jean Kerr · 1960Fear of flying1 quote
I feel about airplanes the way I feel about diets. It seems to me that they are wonderful things for other people to go on. — Jean Kerr · 1960