“The next time you see a Muslim or Sikh at the airport, don't judge us - sympathize with us. Understand our humiliation every time we're pulled to the side for additional screenings simply because of who we are.” NextSidesJudgingWho We AreNext TimeHumiliationAirportsScreening Author:Debbie Almontaser
“I buy digital music off of iTunes all the time. I Shazam something in an airport or in a club or something; I Shazam it, I buy it. I am fully digital.” ClubsDigitalAirportsItunesDigital Music Author:Richard Patrick
“I want to get my music out there. I enjoy playing shows; I just don't enjoy airports. I want to be more creative, but it's hard to get into that zone on tour.” WantHardShowsEnjoyCreativeZoneAirports Author:Lykke Li
“I got stopped in front of the bras in Victoria's Secret; I get interrogated in airport bathrooms. I went to South Africa in January to see my family, and even there people would stop me and ask, "Sasha, who's A?" Even my grandma.” PeopleAsksSecretFrontsMy FamilySouthSouth AfricaBathroomAirportsGrandmaJanuaryVictoriaBrasMy GrandmaVictoria's Secret Author:Sasha Pieterse
“As a teen, I had no idea what the self was. Changing skin like a chameleon came naturally to me, but the self felt like a plastic chair in an airport where I'd have to sit and wait for the next radical character to define who I'd be that season. Acting grabbed me by the gut.” IdeasSelfCharacterNextFeltWaitingActingSkinsSeasonsRadicalNo IdeaGutsChairsPlasticAirportsChameleon Author:Julie Carmen
“"There is love." Someone wrote that for me on a piece of paper in an airport when I probably looked like I really needed to hear it. I did. We all need the reminder sometimes.” NeedsSometimesPiecesNeededPaperAirportsRemindersLove Someone Author:Madi Diaz
“I have this great fear of Mexico City. I won't go to Mexico City unless someone meets me at the airport and is with me. I just feel very vulnerable there.” FeelsCitiesVulnerableMexicoAirportsMexico City Author:Sandra Cisneros
“I think it's important as a performer, no matter where I travel, if I run into someone at the airport or I'm having a conversation on an airplane, run into someone on the sidewalk, or you're waiting on a long line and you start talking to somebody, who doesn't really share a lot of your same views, but then you come to commonality, I think that's very very important as well.” IfsThinkingWellsLongImportantMatterRunningWaitingLinesViewsTalkingShareConversationPerformersAirplaneAirportsSidewalkCommonalityLong Lines Author:Reggie Watts
“I was in Antwerp - which, I had about 20 shows left at that point - and a guy said, "That's Dave Attell's." Also, Antwerp was my smallest audience, so the guy was right there. I was like, "What?" He said, "Dave Attell does a bit about, 'Why are there luggage stores in the airport?'" I had never seen that, and I would never ever, ever, ever - please believe me - I would never lift material from somebody ever, and certainly not knowingly.” BelieveDoeSaidShowsGuyLeftBitsAudienceMaterialsPleaseStoresLiftsBelieve In MeSmallestAirportsDaveLuggageAntwerpPlease Believe Me Author:David Cross
“I unfortunately don't have a stage name, I don't have a celebrity that I can hide behind, so every time I show my ID at an airport person or get carded at a bar, it's always interesting.” PersonsI CanShowsNamesInterestingBehindsStageBarsAirports Author:Asher Roth
“I'm not going to stop talking to people who come up to me in an airport. I'm not going to worry about what may be their ulterior motive.” PeopleMayTalkingWorryCome UpMotiveAirportsUlterior Motive Author:Rob Lowe
“If you think about the contexts in which we talk about things being fun, often there's a certain kind of misery or effort that's involved with it. The difficulty of travel, getting all your bags packed and your work done and navigating the airports and all that. That sort of struggle.” IfsThinkingKindDoneCertainFunEffortStruggleInvolvedDifficultyMiseryBagsAirportsWork Done Author:Ian Bogost
“People think its hard to travel to the airports. 9/11 has made our travel difficult, with the security laws and that. As far as comparing what we do to driving 3,000 miles a week, making fifty bucks a night, sometimes one hundred bucks a night, its a lot different. Guaranteed contracts, first class air fare, Hilton hotels in London, Champaign. Waddaya want? What more could you ask for!” PeopleThinkingWantFirstsMadeDifferentSometimesHardLawNightAsksDifficultClassAirWeekSecurityHundredLondonDrivingMilesCompareFiftyHotelContractsAirportsBucksFirst Class Author:Ric Flair
“I think I sort of realized it was an international thing when we went to South Korea for The Fast [and the Furious] 6 premiere. We knew nothing about South Korea, and we came through the sliding doors [at the airport] with my luggage and there were like 60 fans with Luketeer banners: "We're your Korea Luketeers." It was like, wow, this is amazing.” ThinkingDoorsFansSouthInternationalWowAirportsKoreaFuriousBannerLuggagePremieresSouth KoreaSliding Doors Author:Luke Evans
“The arguments of waste are heavily overdone, because what you do is to accelerate the infrastructure that you have to build anyway, like airports and roads, and in this case it happens much faster. So speaking of a roadmap, without being specific, I would still go for Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East - that's what our clients are really interested in.” StillsHappensAmericaCasesMiddleWasteArgumentEastFasterLatinMiddle EastClientsAsiaAirportsInfrastructureLatin AmericaAccelerate Author:Martin Sorrell
“One of the constraints on the U.S. business is the pilot shortage. There's not an abundance of pilots. There may be an abundance of cheap fuel and airplanes. There probably isn't an abundance of gates at popular airports, either.” MayAbundanceFuelGatesPilotsAirplaneAirportsConstraintsShortage Author:David Neeleman
“Airports - they're not my idea of fun at all. Some of the staff are lovely, but you do always get one or two that seem to forget that it's actually costing you a lot of money to be there and be insulted by their surliness. Times have obviously changed and we need to get used to being more strictly vetted, but they could be more pleasant about it. A smile wouldn't go amiss.” NeedsTwoIdeasSeemsUsedFunForgetChangedLovelyPleasantLots Of MoneyStaffAirportsInsulted Author:Alan Titchmarsh
“Tunnels, our ports, our airports - they need work. And there are millions of jobs to be done.” NeedsDoneJobsMillionsAirportsTunnelsPort Author:Hillary Clinton
“I have to put my father over because he really taught me a lot, especially when it comes to out-of-the-ring psychology and how to react when you're approached by fans after a show or in the airport. It might sound silly, but a lot of those things come into play when you're playing a character.” PlayCharacterShowsMightFatherSoundPsychologyFansTaughtRingsSillyAirports Author:Randy Orton
“We met in an airport in Las Vegas, Harrison Ford and I, and he said, "I just finished a movie called 42. I play Branch Rickey. There's this kid in it playing Jackie Robinson. I think it's a pretty good movie."” ThinkingSaidPlayKidsMetsFinishedBranchesAirportsVegasLas VegasGood MovieJackie Author:Larry King
“In luggage claim at the Minneapolis airport, the guy came up to me and said, "Maybe you're wrong, maybe stories do matter." I wrote that on a scrap of paper and put it above my desk. That was the thing that pushed me through to the end of telling Despereaux, that comment, "Maybe they do...maybe stories matter."” SaidEndsMatterStoriesGuyPaperClaimsCommentDesksAirportsScrapLuggageMinneapolisDespereaux Author:Kate DiCamillo
“I've been recognized in airports lots of places, but mostly getting recognized is at home.” HomeAirports Author:Kate DiCamillo
“Over a period of about year-and-a-half, Malcolm X and [Alex] Haley agreed to work with each other. They met usually after a long business day that Malcolm put in very tired. He would get there at about - either at Haley's apartment or they would meet at then Idyllwild Airport at a hotel, and Malcolm would be debriefed by Haley. He would talk, Haley would take notes.” YearsLongWould BeHalfPeriodsMetsTiredNotesHotelApartmentAirportsAlexHaley Author:Manning Marable
“I 've got this weird day that changed my life. I woke up one Wednesday, and my wife's a lawyer, she was off to get on a plane, to go to a business meeting somewhere else, and she said, "I think you might be a father. I have to go to the airport." It was like, six in the morning, and I was like, "That's great - what?!" I called her at noon once her flight landed, to confirm that I hadn't dreamt the thing she told me.” ThinkingSaidMightFatherMorningWifeChangedSixMeetingsMy WifeLawyerFlightPlanesAirportsSomewhere ElseNoonChanged My LifeWednesdayBusiness MeetingWeird Day Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda
“You hardly find any military base in distant areas from the [Syria] cities unless it's an airport or something like this, but most of the military bases or centers within inhabited areas.” CitiesMilitaryAreasBasesSyriaAirportsMilitary Bases Author:Bashar al-Assad
“[My House By The Water] is a nice instrumental track. The sound of the water is from the same place where the front photo was taken. I live really close to the airport, so there's also planes going over. It's kind of to remind me of living in there, because I'm not gonna be living in there for very much longer.” KindHouseSoundWaterTakenNiceFrontsTrackPlanesOver ItAirports Author:Mac DeMarco
“Years ago, while being in an airport in Australia, I happened to meet with David Helfgott. I knew that he was a bit fond of me and I was personally a fan of him. We were so happy to meet and hug and we had a very warm conversation together. Since that time.... about 20 years ago, I have not meet him again. I think that he is a very good pianist !” ThinkingYearsTogetherBitsHappenedFansConversationYears AgoVery GoodWarmAustraliaHugAirportsPianist Author:Richard Clayderman
“America has borders. You have quite strict borders, actually. Even getting a work permit in New York actually is quite a difficult thing to do. I've got to prove I've got an address. I've got to prove I have private health care. And when my work permit runs out, if I haven't left, there'll be a knock at the door, they'll put me in handcuffs and take me to JFK Airport. That's how you guys do it.” IfsCareRunningAmericaGuyLeftDifficultDoorsHavensNew YorkProveHealth CareBordersThings To DoAddressesTake MePermitStrictAirportsDifficult ThingsHandcuffs Author:Nigel Farage
“I had run into Kari Lizer at an airport, I think, and she said, "Would you come on the show [ The New Adventures Of Old Christine]?" And I said, "God. Absolutely."” ThinkingSaidShowsRunningAdventureAirportsChristineNew Adventure Author:Eric McCormack
“I was watching the TV broadcasts interviewing people stranded at airports for days on end, losing their holidays, their important business meetings and the long-awaited ability to see their families... In short, suffering. No one complained, though! They kept repeating: we are so grateful for the care taken of our safety, for feeling. They were ready to surrender a good deal of their human dignity, individuality, freedom of choice.” PeopleHumansLongImportantEndsFeelingsCareSufferingChoicesAbilityDealsTakenReadyTvsLosingDignitySafetyGratefulMeetingsIndividualitySurrenderHolidayAirportsFreedom Of ChoiceHuman DignityAbility To SeeSo GratefulStrandedBusiness Meeting Author:Zygmunt Bauman
“I'll step in an airport just now, and people will recognize me. I'm in Harlem on 144th and whatever, and people are coming up to me like, "What's up, Chamillionaire?" And seeing it grow is, nothing turning into something, that feeling is a really good feeling.” PeopleFeelingsGrowsStepsSeeingAirportsHarlemGood Feeling Author:Chamillionaire
“Just the fact that we can't pass budgets in our Congress, just the fact that we are gridlocked in our own democracy, the fact that everybody who travels can see that we're not investing in our airports, in our rail, in our infrastructure and so forth, people are noticing a United States that is not getting the job done in some ways.” PeopleWayStatesDoneFactsJobsUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyInvestingCongressBudgetsAirportsInfrastructureNoticingRail Author:John F. Kerry
“Why do we go through all the nonsense with security at our airport? It's not because the Catholic Church is falling apart.” FallChurchSecurityCatholicNonsenseFalling ApartAirportsCatholic Church Author:Michael T. Flynn
“The problems that are arising at Johannesburg International Airport are because of the growth of volume, not because of inefficiencies at the Airport. But, the growth in movement of goods by air means that cargo capacity needs to be improved. And I am quite certain that we will do it.” NeedsMeanProblemCertainGrowthAirMovementCapacityInternationalGoodsVolumeAirportsInefficiencyCargoJohannesburg Author:Thabo Mbeki
“Technologies first equipped the territorial body with bridges, aqueducts, railways, highways, airports, etc. Now that the most powerful technologies are becoming tiny - microtechnologies, all technologies can invade the body. These micro-machines will feed the body. Research is being conducted in order to create additional memory for instance.” FirstsBodyOrderMemoriesPowerfulTechnologyBecomingResearchMachinesTinyInstanceBridgesEtcMost PowerfulHighwaysAirportsRailwayTerritorialAqueducts Author:Paul Virilio
“President Trump and his administration are right to be concerned about national security, but it's unacceptable when even legal permanent residents are being detained or turned away at airports and ports of entry.” PresidentSecurityTrumpConcernedAdministrationPermanentNational SecurityAirportsPortEntryResidents Author:Jeff Flake
“There has never been evidence that people from these [banned] countries are disproportionately likely to commit terrorist acts. We have sent chaos to the airports. We have offended the world. We have derailed the administration. We have done it in such an incompetent way, the administration has, that people with perfectly legal residence have been widely inconvenienced.” PeopleWorldWayHas BeensCountryDoneEvidenceChaosTerroristCommitAdministrationOffendedAirportsIncompetentBannedResidence Author:David Brooks
“First, there are many who can fight, but they're small in stature; Zhang Lanxin is 177 cm [5'9"+] tall, with very long hands and legs, and very quick. In the scenes, I tried to show all of her special strengths and qualities. Plus, Zhang Lanxin has extraordinary staying power: it was only yesterday at the airport that I saw her cell phone photos from the hospital where she was having blood clots in her knee being cleared up, and I hadn't known till then that she had this problem.” FirstsLongShowsProblemHandsFightingQualityKnownSawsBloodSpecialSceneExtraordinaryPhonesLegsYesterdayCellsKneesStayingPlusHospitalsTallAirportsCell PhoneStatureStaying PowerBlood Clots Author:Jackie Chan
“What Brighton's got is a major sea port on either side, good for importing drugs, great for exporting cash, stolen cars, stolen antiques. It's got the largest number of antique shops in the UK, so it's a great place to fence stolen goods. It's got tremendous communication: you've got the sea ports, you've got the channel tunnel, you've got Gatwick Airport 25 minutes away, and London's 50 minutes away by train. So all these escape routes... Which is what villains like.” SidesNumbersSeaMinutesCarCommunicationDrugMajorsTrainLondonShopsGoodsVillainCashRoutesFenceStolenAirportsTunnelsPortAntiquesBrightonExporting Author:Peter James
“I enjoy Chicago as one of the great American cities. When I come here and take a taxi from the airport, I meet a young man from Somalia. I meet a young man from Eritrea who engages with this nation with a sense of hope and a sense of desire. But we also we know that there are other elements of this nation that are toxic.” KnowsMenYoungDesireNationsEnjoyCitiesElementsYoung ManChicagoToxicAirportsTaxiGreat AmericanAmerican CitiesSomaliaEritrea Author:Kehinde Wiley
“We've got to make sure that we rebuild the infrastructure in America, because we used to be - have the best bridges, the best roads, the best airports. And now, when you go to China or you go to Europe, you see that they are outstripping us in terms of infrastructure. And if we put people back to work, that would be good not only in the short term, but it would also lay the foundation, the framework for long-term economic and job growth.” PeopleIfsLongWould BeJobsAmericaUsedGrowthTermEconomicEuropeFoundationLaysChinaBe GoodUsed To BeBridgesLong TermAirportsInfrastructureFrameworkShort TermBack To WorkJob Growth Author:Barack Obama
“I think the beard helps offset - it's the only hairstyle I can really pull off. But I'm often clean-shaven. I think, you know, for me, it's not that signifier. What's interesting to me though is although the beard isn't a signifier of that to me, other people very often think that it is. And so people in America might react differently. The, you know, border agents might react differently. The guys at airport security might react differently.” PeopleThinkingKnowsI CanHelpingMightAmericaGuyInterestingSecurityCleanAgentsBordersAirportsBeardHairstylesAirport SecurityClean Shaven Author:Mohsin Hamid
“You know, I always like being the bad guy. It just comes more natural to me. I don't gotta smile, I don't gotta kiss babies. It's easier to tell people at airports at four in the morning that I'm not signing their stuff.” PeopleKnowsGuyStuffNaturalMorningFourBabyEasierKissingAirportsBad GuysSigning Author:CM Punk
“I am simply a fairly typical product of a movable sensibility, living and working in a world that is itself increasingly small and increasingly mongrel. I am a multinational soul on a multinational globe on which more and more countries are as polyglot and restless as airports. Taking planes seems as natural to me as picking up the phone or going to school. I fold up my self and carry it around as if it were an overnight bag.” IfsWorldSoulSelfCountrySeemsSchoolNaturalProductsPhonesPlanesBagsGlobesSensibilityTypicalRestlessAirportsFoldsMultinationalsPolyglots Author:Pico Iyer
“What is fascinating about a place like Los Angeles airport is that it is lots and lots of people, many of whom have saved up all their lives and channeled all of their energies toward coming to the promised land of abundance and plenty - the American Dream. But as soon as they arrive here they get a crash course in the American reality.” PeopleDreamRealityCoursesEnergyLandSavedPlentyAbundanceFascinatingLos AngelesAmerican DreamCrashAirportsPromised Land Author:Pico Iyer
“Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads very little of it.” LittlesLossHeavyAirportsHaresLuggage Author:Russell Baker
“We were also able to do a great deal of work to improve highways, airports and airways, waterways, and railways, all of which are important and have provided a better quality of life and economic development opportunities for my constituents.” ImportantAbleOpportunityDealsQualityEconomicDevelopmentHighwaysAirportsQuality Of LifeConstituentsEconomic DevelopmentRailwayBetter Quality Of Life Author:Nick Lampson
“You show up in Paris, and on the drive from the airport to the hotel you're like, 'This is so cool! I want to see something! I want to go to the Eiffel Tower!' And then you leave the next morning. You think, Oh, I didn't get to do anything. I tell people: I've been just about everywhere, but I've seen nothing.” PeopleThinkingWantShowsNextMorningParisHotelTowersAirportsEiffel TowerEiffel Author:Taylor Lautner
“My desire to curtail undue freedom of speech extends only to such public areas as restaurants, airports, streets, hotel lobbies, parks, and department stores. Verbal exchanges between consenting adults in private are as of little interest to me as they probably are to them.” LittlesDesireLiteratureInterestStreetsSpeechAdultsAreasStoresParksRestaurantsDepartmentHotelFreedom Of SpeechAirportsDepartment StoresHotel Lobby Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“To tell you the truth, man, we spend most of the time travelling in hotels, in festivals, in concert halls, clubs, airports. The most unenjoyable part is all the security at airports.” MenSecurityClubsHotelHallsConcertsAirportsFestivals Author:Hugh Masekela