“- Ginger: I thought you were teaching us how to fly.
- Rocky: That's what I'm doing.
- Ginger: Isn't there usually some flapping involved?
- Rocky: Hey, do I tell you how to lay eggs?”

Julia Sawalha - Ginger
Mel Gibson - Rocky

“- Birdy: Do you like pigeons?
- Al Columbato: What's to like?
- Birdy: They fly.
- Al Columbato: They fly. So what?
- Birdy: That's enough.”
Matthew Modine - Birdy
Nicolas Cage - Al Columbato

“In a dream, I'm trying to decide what I am. When I sleep I'm giving myself strength. I'm reaching for the force to fly. Perta waits, cups herself to receive me. I hover then lower myself into her. Perta and I become one. I see through her eyes, fly on her wings. I am no longer alone.”
Matthew Modine - Birdy

“- Blu: Not all birds fly! There are ostriches...
- Jewel: You are not an ostrich!
- Blu: Well... not technically.”
Jesse Eisenberg - Blu
Anne Hathaway - Jewel

“- Blu: You see, who needs flying?
- Jewel: Birds! Birds need flying. Flying is... err... freedom, and, and not having to rely on anyone. Don't you want that?
- Blu: Hmm, I don't know. Sounds a little lonely.”
Jesse Eisenberg - Blu
Anne Hathaway - Jewel