With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that essence from which life is made.
Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that will kill you.
All really great flying adventures begin at dawn.
The irony of the information age is that it lends credibility to uninformed opinion.
The most crucial thing is to learn the craft: how to string sentences together, how to make your dialogue sound like real people, how to properly pace a story, how to develop interesting characters.
The hard, inescapable reality is that anyone who flies may die in an airplane.
A little mountain will kill you just as dead as a big one if you fly into it.
Airplanes are like women – pick what you like and try to get it away from the guy who has it, then dress it out to the limit of your wallet and taste.
Here you are truly separate from the earth, at least for a little while, removed from the cares and concerns that occupy you on the ground.
Flight is romance – not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life.
It’s the most exciting thing you have ever done with your pants on!
I didn’t join the army to shoot Americans. If I wanted to shoot Americans I’d have joined the police.
God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave.
Medicine often tastes bad, but until we fix the government policies that breed poverty, we have condemned the poor, black, white, and brown to a life of economic slavery.
If there were no love there would be no hatred. Just sorrow. And.