Airport Quotes

“There was no surer way to lose the confidence of an audience, or a jury, than by letting them think faster than yourself, so that they became aware of what you were going to say before you said it.”
― Arthur Hailey, Airport

“Але важлива не ця близькість. Вона нічого не означає, коли людина замикається у своєму внутрішньому світі, куди нікому немає доступу до де він залишається віч-на-віч зі своїми спогадами, з розумінням і свідомістю того, що відбувається, зі своїм страхом. Зовсім один — з того моменту, як з'явився на світ, і до самої смерті. Завжди постійно один.”
― Артур Хейли, Airport

“The same rumour continued: Patroni made love the same way he did everything else – with a long, thin cigar stuck jauntily in the side of his mouth. This was untrue, at least nowadays. Marie, having coped with several pillow fires during their early years in marriage- drawing on her training as a TWA air hostess to extinguish them – had emphatically forbidden any more cigars in bed.”
― Arthur Hailey, Airport

“haven’t”
― Arthur Hailey, Airport

“Если вы проследите историю человечества, вам сразу бросится в глаза: весь прогресс на земле совершается ради одной-единственной цели — сделать каждого индивидуума более гуманным. Всякий раз, когда цивилизация поднимается на новую ступень, человечество становится немного лучше, немного просвещеннее, потому что люди начинают больше заботиться друг о друге, больше уважать личность другого. В те эпохи, когда этого не происходит, человечество откатывается назад. Каждый отрезок истории, если вы вглядитесь в него, доказывает эту истину.”
― Arthur Hailey, Airport

“to the airport’s duty fire chief. Danny summarized the situation so far. “And when we locate the truck, let’s get an ambulance out there, and you may need an inhalator or heat, could be both. But better not roll until we know where exactly. We don’t want to dig you guys out, too.”
― Arthur Hailey, Airport

“nodded, resisting a temptation to take over and direct the search himself for the missing truck and driver. Action would be a therapy. The cold of several days, and dampness with it, had”
― Arthur Hailey, Airport

“roaring, on a hot, sunny day. But if any expressed surprise at the extent of preparation, Mel Bakersfeld would remind them that removing snow from the airport’s operating area was equal to clearing seven hundred miles of highway. Like the Snow Desk”
― Arthur Hailey, Airport

“nastiness. Next day, fat and monstrous, it rumbled up the Mississippi Valley. Finally, over Illinois the storm unloaded, almost paralyzing the state with blizzard winds, freezing”
― Arthur Hailey, Airport

“spread sand”
― Arthur Hailey, Airport

“As long as you could feel your heart--wherever it seemed to be--that was the important thing. Libby had an instinct for essentials; at times he had the impression that her little hands reached up and gathered stars of truth.”
― Arthur Hailey, Airport