“Although I sometimes pose as a fight animal, I'm really a flight animal.” SometimesFightingAnimalFlight Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Silence arrests flight, so that in its refuge, the need to flee the chaos of noise diminishes. We let the world creep closer, we drop to our knees, as if to let the heart, like a small animal, get its legs on the ground.” IfsWorldNeedsHeartAnimalSilenceChaosLegsNoiseFlightKneesRefugeDiminishCreepsSmall Animals Author:Barbara Hurd
“Also, in the category of 'obvious but still shocking,' an animal called a 'killer whale' killed someone who was trying to play with it. Now, no one knows exactly what enraged the whale, but earlier in the week, it had been thrown off a flight by Southwest Airlines.” KnowsTryingStillsPlayAnimalWeekObviousFlightThrownCategoriesKillersShockingAirlineWhalesSouthwest AirlinesKiller Whales Author:Bill Maher
“I think a bird is the worst present you can give somebody because it's guilt-ridden. This animal has the gift of flight, and you put it in a cage and watch it not do that until it dies.” ThinkingGivingDiesAnimalWatchesWorstBirdGuiltFlightCages Author:Kyle Dunnigan
“When there is pain, the animal instinct is 'fight or flight' (i.e., to either strike back or run away) - reflect instead. When you can calm yourself down, thinking about the dilemma that is causing you pain will bring you to a higher level and enlighten you, leading to progress.” ThinkingLifeRunningPainFightingGrowthAnimalLevelsProgressHigherPersonal GrowthInstinctInvestingCalmStrikesFlightRunning AwayEnlighteningDilemmaHigher LevelStrike BackAnimal Instinct Author:Ray Dalio
“Sometimes I watch myself fly. For in the history of human flight it is not yet so very late; and a man may still wonder once in a while and ask: how is it that I, poor earth-habitituated animal, can fly?” MenHumansMayStillsSometimesEarthAsksAnimalPoorWonderWatchesLateFlightAviationGreat Aviation Author:Wolfgang Langewiesche