Best Helicopters Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“The riot had taken on a beauty of its own now. Arcs of gasoline fire under the crescent moon. Crimson tracer in mystical parabolas. Phosphorescence from the barrels of plastic bullet guns. A distant yelling like that of men below decks in a torpedoed prison ship. The scarlet whoosh of Molotovs intersecting with exacting surfaces. Helicopters everywhere: their spotlights finding one another like lovers in the Afterlife. And all this through a lens of oleaginous Belfast rain.”

Beauty Revolution Bombs Riot Helicopters

Book:The Cold Cold Ground

Source: The Cold Cold Ground

“Tom's Navy SEAL team nicknamed him 'Tailspin', especially after sustaining his knee injury, but Joe likes to call him his 'Lucky Charm' -- saved his tail too many times to count.”

Military Pilots Navy Helicopters Best Buddies

Book:Vampire Chimeras

Source: Vampire Chimeras

“You expect me to get on a helicopter? I don’t do helicopters. I weigh too much, and I know too much about gravity.”

Gravity Helicopters

Author:J.A. Jance

“The journey back to civilisation was often a whole lot faster and just as dramatic. On an MI-17 helicopter no less! Sitting atop and around military cargo. The best way to describe the Tawang sojourn was to compare it to a VR game, where one went from 'Jack and the Beanstalk' to the land of Black Hawk Down, all within nine weeks”

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Book:Invictus

Source: Invictus

“Outside events can change a presidential campaign, a president, and the history of the nation: the Iranian hostage crisis, the bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, the downing of the helicopter in Mogadishu, Somalia, the suicide attack on the USS Cole, and, of course, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.”

“If I sleep for more than half an hour, I get horrible dreams in which I'm firing a gun and helicopters are coming down.”

Ifs Dream Hours Sleep Half Gun Horrible Firing Helicopters

Author:Emmanuel Jal

“I returned to New Orleans and my problems with pari-mutuel windows and a dark-haired, milk-skinned wife from Martinique who went home with men from the Garden District while I was passed out in a houseboat on Lake Pontchartrain, the downdraft of U.S. Army helicopters flattening a plain of elephant grass in my dreams.”

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Author:James Lee

“Global new money has houses everywhere, and serious helicopters, it doesn't aspire to the Miss Marple life of St. Mary Mead.”

House Missing Serious Mary Aspire Helicopters Mead Miss Marple

Author:Peter York

“We have no honorable intentions in Vietnam. Our minimal expectation is to occupy it as an American colony and maintain social stability for our investments. This tells why American helicopters are being used against guerrillas in Colombia and Peru. Increasingly the role our nation has taken is the role of those who refuse to give up the privileges and pleasures that come from the immense profits of overseas investment.”

“A fool and his money are soon elected.”

“The Chinese mom is not the helicopter mom. I would never do their homework for them. It's all about: Take responsibility, don't blame others. Be self-reliant. Never blame the teacher.”

Self Responsibility Teacher Mom Blame Chinese Taking Responsibility Homework Helicopters Self Reliant

Author:Amy Chua

“I do have fantasies of buying a helicopter and a lot of machine guns, but I don't know if I can do that. I'd like to have a lot of weapons, grenades and things. And I want to have a solar energy machine. And I want to have a sunken garden with a glass roof. I guess that's about it for now. I have a few other wants but I can't remember them.”

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Author:Debbie Harry

“Does the critic wish to influence the kind of film that costs more than £250,000? It is as if he were to send a postcard to General Motors explaining that he would like them to make a raft next year, or a helicopter, instead of a car.”

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Author:Kenneth Tynan

“A new helicopter service called Gotham Air is now offering users cheap flights from Manhattan to JFK or Newark airports that start at just $99. If there's two words I trust together in the same sentence, it's 'cheap' and 'helicopter.'”

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Author:Jimmy Fallon

“The Queen of England jumped out of a helicopter and parachuted into the stadium. What was even more amazing was when Prince Charles flew in using his ears as a hang glider.”

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Author:Jay Leno

“Our enemies may be irrational, even outright insane, driven by nationalism, religion, ethnicity or ideology. They do not fear the United States for its diplomatic skills or the number of automobiles and software programs it produces. They respect only the firepower of our tanks, planes and helicopter gunships.”

Source: A Shining City: The Legacy of Ronald Reagan

“Flying helicopters is what I do for fun.”

Fun Flying Helicopters

Author:Willard Wigan

“I'm not sure how healthy it is to shoot police helicopters with bazookas.”

Healthy Police Not Sure Helicopters Bazookas

Author:Moby

“Eventually I got the call for 'Iron Man,' and I read sides that had nothing to do with what I did in the movie, and I performed it once while no one was in the room - it was videotaped, and I'm sure Shane Black was watching it from his helicopter or something. And then I got a call the next day that I was going down to shoot it.”

Men Next Sides Black Rooms Iron Next Day Shane Helicopters Iron Man

Author:Adam Pally

“Fear and hatred are the legacy of Ronald Reagan. America's vision of peace and freedom [is being] blasted by the guns of the U.S. Navy in Lebanon, the guns of U.S. paratroopers in Grenada, and the guns of U.S. helicopters in Honduras and El Salvador.”

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Author:Alan Cranston

“I'm beginning to wonder if the symbol of the United States pretty soon isn't going to be an ambassador with a flag under his arm climbing into an escape helicopter.”

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Author:Ronald Reagan

“I remember riding across the Brooklyn Bridge about 12 times because they wanted me to keep up with the helicopter, and I said, "Can you have the helicopter keep up with me, my calves are burning!"”

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Author:Eddie Griffin

“Death is a large form of entertainment, probably the largest. Watching death in different ways is entertaining for us, whether it's a high-speed chase and a guy grabs a helicopter and flies away. We know the reality of it is that he wouldn't be physically able to hold onto that helicopter and fall to his death. But it's entertaining to watch.”

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Author:Curtis Jackson

“I'm always looking for sounds that are pleasing at the time. The sound of a helicopter is really annoying until you're drowning, and it's there to rescue you. Then it sounds like music.”

Art Sound Annoying Rescue Drowning Helicopters

Author:Tom Waits

“I was born in Georgia. That's where my grandparents-and all my people-are from. But my family traveled a great deal because my dad was in the army as a helicopter pilot.”

People Born Deals Dad My Family Army My Dad Pilots Traveled Grandparent Georgia Helicopters

Author:Michael Stipe

“The badness of a movie is directly proportional to the number of helicopters in it.”

Numbers Helicopters Badness

Book:Dave Barry Turns 50

Source: Dave Barry Turns 50

“I love doing stunt stuff and action stuff. I'm not flipping off helicopters; that would be insane.”

Would Be Action Stuff Insane Helicopters

Author:Dylan O'Brien

“The helicopter appeared so reluctant to fly forward that we even considered turning the pilot's seat around and letting it fly backward.”

Flight Seats Aviation Pilots Reluctant Helicopters

Author:Igor Sikorsky

“When I go up, especially if I'm paying for a small helicopter and pilot, I'm on. I've got an hour and a half and the clock is ticking and it's costly and I enter into a super-heightened state of mind.”

Ifs Mind States Hours Half Clock State Of Mind Pilots Helicopters Clock Is Ticking

Author:Michael Light

“Of course, I tweet. Tweeting is a very personal form of expression. Who else could talk about my son refusing to wear a suit to meet the Pope, my husband flying a helicopter, or take a twitpic from our home?”

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Author:Queen Rania of Jordan

“I'm concerned about the overuse of spectacular places. And there's no real wilderness left and so there's a heartbreak there. You can go anywhere and be rescued through your cell phone and have some helicopter drop down.”

Real Left Concerned Phones Cells Wilderness Spectacular Cell Phone Helicopters

Author:Anne Waldman

“I remember, on the medevac helicopter, I said to myself, "I am not f - - g dying in Afghanistan." People talk about having flashbacks; I began having flash-forwards. I began thinking of all the things I still wanted to do.”

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Author:Giles Duley

“"Ladies and Gentlemen, we're about to begin boarding. If we could ask for your cooperation, please stay seated until you row has been called." ... That's what they say - but somehow, by the time it comes out of the speaker, it sounds like, "Everybody up and rush the door! Everybody up and try to squeeze your big fat butts in the small gate door area! Immediately! ... Do whatever you have to do to get on board. This is the last helicopter out of Vietnam!"”

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Author:Brian Regan

“Through F1, I bought my own boat. I learned to fly my own plane and helicopter. And my job with my company is a reflection of everything motor racing taught me.”

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Author:Nelson Piquet

“A fool and his money are soon partying.”

“For a while I didn't have a car . . . I had a helicopter . . . no place to park it, so I just tied it to a lamp post and left it running. [slow glance upward]”

Running Left Justice Car Posts Parks Tied Glances Lamps Helicopters

Author:Steven Wright

“From a little boat, to a big boat, to a helicopter, to an airplane.”

Littles Bigs Boat Airplane Helicopters

Author:Kevin Johnson

“Hey, here's a way to stop suicide bombings - give the Palestinians a bunch of missile-firing Apache helicopters and let them and the Israelis go at each other head to head. Four billion dollars a year to Israel - four billion dollars a year to the Palestinians - they can just blow each other up and leave the rest of us the hell alone.”

Way Giving Years Hell Four Suicide Dollars Blow Israel Billions Bunch Hey Palestinian Missiles Bombing Firing Helicopters

Author:Michael Moore

“Mike Smith - living proof of the need for ejector seats in helicopters.”

Needs Proof Seats Mike Helicopters Living Proof

Author:Victor Lewis-Smith

“I'd throw dollars out of helicopters if I had to, to stimulate the economy.”

Ifs Economy Dollars Helicopters

Author:Ben Bernanke

“Chris Christie said he will top Donald Trump's Iowa State Fair helicopter entrance by riding in on a pony. As a result, all the ponies in Iowa have gone into hiding.”

Said States Results Gone Trump Fairs Hiding Riding Entrances Iowa Helicopters Ponies Christie

Author:Conan O'Brien

“I used to have an eBay addiction. I was really good at selling stuff. My sister needed to get to a funeral in Ireland - the airlines were on strike - so I listed her on eBay: damsel in distress. Guys were outbidding guys to be the hero and help her. A guy who owned a helicopter won.”

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Author:James Blunt

“I'm basically a writer, it's who I am. I direct and I like theatre directing very much. But I've done 17 movies, they don't say 'Let's get Garry, he'll make a helicopter shot,' they say 'Get Garry, he'll fix the script.'”

Done Shots Direct Scripts Theatre Who I Am Helicopters

Author:Garry Marshall

“I will jump headfirst from a helicopter in Luneta if Estrada gets removed from power.”

Ifs Helicopters

Author:Miriam Defensor Santiago

“A fool and his money are soon invited everywhere.”

“I'm a person with a lot of affection for adventure - I scuba dive, skydive, fly helicopters.”

Persons Adventure Affection Helicopters Scuba

Author:Sebastian Pinera

“I'm very impressed and the next movie I do I'm definitely going to use a lot of drones in it, because they're very light and flexible and fast, and there are things that you can do with them that you can't possibly do with a helicopter for safety reasons.”

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Author:Paul W. S. Anderson

“I love helicopters. In fact, my wife and my friends, the myth of the chopper in the sky is that Len's going to stop and look at it. I love, probably, destroying them, yes. You know, It's the big elements, the big toys, the trucks the helicopters, and things like that. You have a few tools to play with.”

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Author:Len Wiseman

“Maybe some people got sick, but what I saw was people applauding the effects. When the helicopter zombie stood up, people applauded. When a guy gets the top of his head lopped off, are they applauding that some horrible thing happened to a person, or are they applauding how it was technically pulled off in a realistic way?”

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Author:Tom Savini

“Sarah Palin is very pro-life of course, unless the life is that of an Iraqi civilian or a wolf running frantically from a roaring helicopter while being strafed with ribbons of automatic weapons fire.”

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Author:Seth MacFarlane

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