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"I was singing in a mall, and I picked a girl to come up onstage with me. As I was grabbing her hand, I fell off the stage. It felt like I was in the air forever, flying like Superman."

"The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

"I was nicknamed Skeeter in Little League because I was small and fast, like a mosquito flying across the outfield."

"As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me."

"But I don't think the popularity of flying has diminished a bit."

"The easiest gift to give my husband is anything to do with airlines and flying."
Explore more quotes by Ed O'Neill

"In the summer we graduated we flipped out completely, drinking beer, cruising in our cars and beating up each other. It was a crazy summer. That's when I started to be interested in girls."

"Back then I said to myself 'screw football.' Actually I just took part in this camp as there was nothing better for me to do. They also didn't draft me because they thought I was too wild and undisciplined."

"I was very slender and small. All my friends were on the team, so I had to make it too. I was a very aggressive player. I wanted to be one of the best, but I just ended up as one of the good ones."

"I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I'm a mess."

"I knew I was a good stage actor but I had no idea about movies. And I wasn't a Paul Newman type of guy. That's why I thought the stage is just right for me."

"That's a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee with mom. They react differently on the next day when you say: 'Sit down and shut-up!'"

"When I read the pilot 'for Married with Children', it just reminded me of my Uncle Joe... just a self-deprecating kind of guy. He'd come home from work, and the wife would maybe say 'I ran over the dog this morning in the driveway'. And he would say 'Fine, what's for dinner?"

"I'd loved to wear jeans and t-shirts, but everybody was in the peace movement back then. And that was my ploy. I had to be careful not to say things like 'I like meat.' Actually I just wanted to drink beer and to screw."

"I went to Ohio University studying arts and history, and playing football. But I was only interested in girls, my pals and sports. I only did the minimum for school."

"Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money."
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