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Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.

— Henry David Thoreau

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have to cope.

— Simon Newcomb

We weren't built to fly. We can do it, but we shouldn't be surprised if it feels a little unnatural.

— Picabo Street

To fly we have to have resistance.

— Maya Lin

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.

— Plato

Unfortunately, there are so many people who live their whole life in a place that is safe and protected and simple and they don't really have that strength inside to fly.

— Andrew Shue

We all fly. Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.

— Michael Jordan

The heart of standing is you cannot fly.

— William Empson

✗Opposing Perspectives

Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth like a man, this would be paradise.

— Tommy Douglas

There is the sky, which is all men's together.

— Euripides

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.

— Douglas Adams