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"
Cleveland just handed off flight two to Chicago Center. The transmissions from the aircraft aren’t exactly regulation. The captain’s blowing a fuse."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Character:
Lincoln Tower
"
Now there’s nothing to be nervous about. I’ve flown thousands of miles and I can tell you it’s a lot safer than crossing the street!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Helen Hayes
Character:
Ada Quonsett
"
You look more Irish."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Helen Hayes
Character:
Ada Quonsett
"
So will anyone sittin’ next to him. Until that pressure equalizes, everything within 20 feet to him that’s not nailed down or strapped in is gonna get sucked right out of that hole."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
And two and a half feet into the ground"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
When you get to be older, there isn’t a lot left to be frightened of."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Helen Hayes
Character:
Ada Quonsett
"
Yes Doug. This is Mel."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
How do you do."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Van Heflin
Character:
D.O. Guerrero
"
Don’t talk to me about consequences! When Congress voted to cut airport appropriations, you never even sent in a letter of protest. And where were you when the airlines and the pilots and the rest of us were…were pleading for…for more airports and better traffic control? You were picking out the colors in the ladies’ lounge. So now you’ve got your consequences!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
Takes about 3 seconds, doesn’t it?"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
If he tears this plane apart, I hope you’ve got eight million to pay for it."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Robert Patten
Character:
Capt. Benson
"
You chickened out on me! I told you I wanted all the power you got!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
You’ll use what’s available!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
I didn’t always fly a desk."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
My late husband played the violin. Not professionally, but he was very good. He once played the Minute Waltz in 58 seconds."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Helen Hayes
Character:
Ada Quonsett
"
You’ve been so busy, we just haven’t had a chance to chat. I’m Ada Quonsett."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Helen Hayes
Character:
Ada Quonsett
"
So did my mother."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Van Heflin
Character:
D.O. Guerrero
"
He won’t. The moment a girl gets too serious, he waves his wedding ring like a flag. I’m his disaster insurance."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Barbara Hale
Character:
Sarah Bakersfeld Demerest
"
Oh…yes…of course!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Lou Wagner
Character:
Schuyler Schultz
"
You have a young navigator here! Well, I’ll tell you son…Due to a Cetcil wind, Dystor’s vectored us into a 360-tarson of slow air traffic. Now we’ll maintain this Borden hold until we get the Forta Magnus clearance from Melnics."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Dean Martin
Character:
Capt. Vernon Demerest
"
I came out here to tell you that Roberta left home."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Dana Wynter
Character:
Cindy Bakersfeld
"
Thanks for caring, Mel. Don’t worry. Someday he’ll come home for some other reason than to just change his clothes."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Barbara Hale
Character:
Sarah Bakersfeld Demerest
"
For this food, for our many blessings, and for Your bounteous goodness, we give thanks to Thee in the name of…JESUS CHRIST!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Character:
Meadowwood Homeowner
"
There’s just the two of us. If I left him, what would I have?"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Barbara Hale
Character:
Sarah Bakersfeld Demerest
"
Chicago Supervisor listen carefully! Any approach is no damn good if it lands on runway 2-2. We need 2-niner. We’ve got an unservicable stabilizer trim. Doubtful rudder control and structural damage. If we’re brought in on 2-2 there’ll be a broken airplane and a lot of dead people. So you call Lincoln, mister, and turn the screws and tell that Lincoln airport manager to get off his penguin butt and clear that runway!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Dean Martin
Character:
Capt. Vernon Demerest
"
Wah-wah-wah-wah-wah! We’re gonna crash! We’re all gonna be killed! I know we’re gonna be…"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Peter Turgeon
Character:
Marcus Rathbone
"
For my sake, be patient with him."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Barbara Hale
Character:
Sarah Bakersfeld Demerest
"
Is there anything I can do?"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
James Nolan
Character:
Father Steven Lonigan
"
Yes, but way…back."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Van Heflin
Character:
D.O. Guerrero
"
Is it that powerful, are you sure?"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Clark Howat
Character:
Bert Weatherby
"
What did he mean by that, son?"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Dick Winslow
Character:
Mr. Schultz
"
Guerrero! That’s Spanish, isn’t it?"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Helen Hayes
Character:
Ada Quonsett
"
Global 2. This is the Chicago Center watch supervisor. Please understand we’re doing everything we can. We’re holding other traffic and giving you priority. What type of approach do you wish?"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Character:
Chicago Center
"
I’d like to monitor. What’s the frequency?"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
My late husband taught me to be thorough. He was a teacher of geometry. He always said: You must consider every angle."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Helen Hayes
Character:
Ada Quonsett
"
This time, do me one favor. If your boss says two and two is six, agree with him."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Maureen Stapleton
Character:
Inez Guerrero
"
Hey, now, that’s a good idea, Mel. Using little old ladies for skycaps. You keep that up. You’re doing a good job."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Dean Martin
Character:
Capt. Vernon Demerest
"
Aww, a tractor-trailer jack-knifed and flipped over. It’s laying on its side like a drunken dinosaur."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
How you can live with that overage juvenile delinquent, I’ll never know."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
And THEN watch out! At that altitude, you can’t breathe. So unless they get on oxygen in 45 seconds, it’s good-bye!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
Before, Virgo and Leo were right there, sir. Now I’m beginning to see Ursa Minor and Cassiopeia. We MUST be turning around."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Lou Wagner
Character:
Schuyler Schultz
"
Helen was a stewardess, flying DC-4s. That’s how we met and, uh, she knew what was going on. So when we got married, I made her a promise – the obvious one. I always kept it."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Barry Nelson
Character:
Captain Anson Harris
"
But they wouldn’t, would they? I don’t think it would be very good public relations for a big airline to prosecute a little old lady just because she wanted to visit her daughter!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Helen Hayes
Character:
Ada Quonsett
"
What’s your name, sir?"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Helen Hayes
Character:
Ada Quonsett
"
That’s personal property!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Peter Turgeon
Character:
Marcus Rathbone
"
You better get this thing out of here ’cause I’m not taking off on 2-2."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Dean Martin
Character:
Capt. Vernon Demerest
"
I suppose I’m like a lot of men. A bigamist. Married to both a woman and a job."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
Remind me to send a thank you note to Mr. Boeing."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Barry Nelson
Character:
Captain Anson Harris
"
Perhaps Mr. Bakersfeld could impress upon Mrs. Quonsett that this isn’t a very nice thing to do. Mrs. Livingston hasn’t been able to!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Jean Seberg
Character:
Tanya Livingston
"
Nuts to the man in 21D."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Jacqueline Bisset
Character:
Gwen Meighen
"
Okay. But you keep those dinky toys out of my hair and away from this plane for 15 minutes, maybe less. I’ll DRIVE it out."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
Sitting behind that desk made you think like a bookkeeper."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Dean Martin
Character:
Capt. Vernon Demerest
"
They’re having a conference now to decide what to do. But I need somebody who knows. A genius. Like Patroni."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
You might tell your mechanic that I’ve got three million miles in the air."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Robert Patten
Character:
Capt. Benson
"
We need answers! Not questions. Are you guys sleeping down there? Why aren’t we getting any action? We need help!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Dean Martin
Character:
Capt. Vernon Demerest
"
Mobil 1. Ground Control."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Character:
Lincoln Tower
"
Snowdesk, Mobil 1. Danny, listen carefully. Break the conga line. Send the heavy plows across to runway 2-niner. They’re to head for stuck airplane and to wait instruction."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
Well, let’s put it this way- You promised me a box of cigars if I pull this off, right?"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
You felt it vibrating? Another 10 seconds and we’d have had structural damage."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Robert Patten
Character:
Capt. Benson
"
Don’t you realize they could prosecute you?"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
The instruction book said that was impossible."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Character:
Cockpit qualified young man
"
When will they learn? The duty would have been about one-tenth of what the fine is gonna be!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Lloyd Nolan
Character:
Harry Standish
"
There’s bound to be a passenger with a fifty-dollar wrenched back. I’d better get out there with some release forms and plenty of sympathy and understanding."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Jean Seberg
Character:
Tanya Livingston
"
3, 4 or 5, depends on the size of the hole. Everything fogs up just like that."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
Hold the whipped cream; I just had dessert."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
Joe, this is Mel. There’s no more time. Stop all engines and get out. Repeat. Stop all engines."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
Well all right, Daddy. Now you tell me about when you were a war hero. You flew those pursuit jobs you could land in a parking lot. But when I’m setting down over 200,000 pounds of 707, I want something under my wheels that’s plenty long and mighty dry."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Dean Martin
Character:
Capt. Vernon Demerest
"
My late husband was a lawyer, and he always said: Watch out for sweet-looking innocent little old ladies. I’m beginning to understand what he meant."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Jean Seberg
Character:
Tanya Livingston
"
If you’re wondering if we had another fight, the answer is no. Just a continuation of the same one."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
Yes, uh…Mrs., uh…Quonsett? Uh, what you’ve done is, uh…dishonest. You’ve broken the law. You’ve defrauded Trans Global."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
Well, I hope so."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
What’s more, the captain deliberately struck me across the face!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Peter Turgeon
Character:
Marcus Rathbone
"
Unless you shut up, the second officer’s going to do exactly the same thing."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Gary Collins
Character:
Cy Jordan
"
And I can’t be number 2 wife any longer."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Dana Wynter
Character:
Cindy Bakersfeld
"
Who do ya think you’re talking to, some kid that fixes bicycles? I know every inch of the 707! Take the wings off this and you could use it as a TANK! This plane is built to withstand anything…except a bad pilot."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
More like group insurance!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
Joe, my neck’s out about fourteen feet, sure it’ll work?"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
Would you have any more if he decided to leave you?"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
He’ll get sucked out, won’t he?"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Jean Seberg
Character:
Tanya Livingston
"
And we don’t have a home anymore. We have a waiting room. A place where I can walk the floor and wonder whether you’re going to leave this damn airport long enough to drop by for a few minutes."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Dana Wynter
Character:
Cindy Bakersfeld
"
Well, whataya standin’ there for? Go GET ‘em!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
You might fly these things but I take them apart and put them back together again. If you had any guts we’d be on the runway by now."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
Now stop that! both of you."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Barbara Hale
Character:
Sarah Bakersfeld Demerest
"
Well, if it’s 2-2, I’m not using noise abatement and I’m not cutting back on power over those houses. So unless you want a big fat bill for cracked plaster and broken dishes, you’d better move this thing!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Dean Martin
Character:
Capt. Vernon Demerest
"
Mr. Patroni? Don’t you hear him? Shut down."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Character:
Cockpit qualified young man
"
Mr. Patroni, she won’t take much more."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Character:
Cockpit qualified young man
"
Why you have to pick tonight, to come out here and fight with me…"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
Never mind, father, I’ll tell you later."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Lou Wagner
Character:
Schuyler Schultz
"
Captain, our son has a question. Schuyler, here’s our captain."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Virginia Grey
Character:
Mrs. Schultz
"
They don’t call them emergencies anymore. They call them Patronis."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
I’ll be back in time if I have to pull that plane out with my teeth!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
Full throttle and this plane would be standing on its nose."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Robert Patten
Character:
Capt. Benson
"
The sudden decompression at 30, 000 feet is something you gotta see to believe."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
Humph! Yeah, I’m sure. When I was a mechanic in the Air Force, I was being transferred on a MATS plane, At 20,000 feet, one of the windows shattered. The guy sitting next to it was about 170 pounds. He went through that little space like a hunk of hamburger going down a disposal, and right after him coats, pillows, blankets, cups, saucers. Yeah, I’m sure!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
Yes, Father. I’m putting you in charge of prayer."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Gary Collins
Character:
Cy Jordan
"
If that’s an order, it’s about thirty minutes too late, son."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
James Nolan
Character:
Father Steven Lonigan
"
I can’t hear a thing. There’s too much noise. Hold on. We’re GOIN FOR BROKE!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
That’s one nice thing about the 707. It can do everything BUT read."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
Hold on, we’re goin’ for broke!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
Well anyway, she’s gonna get it."
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
George Kennedy
Character:
Joe Patroni
"
Joe, the plows are moving. Shut down and hold on! Joe Patroni! Do you read me? Acknowledge!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
"
Joe! Shut down!"
Movie:
Airport
Actor:
Burt Lancaster
Character:
Mel Bakersfeld
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