Jacqueline Auriol quotes

Jacqueline Auriol quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“In the case of pilots, it is a little touch of madness that drive us to go beyond all known bounds. Any search into the unknown is an incomparable exploitation of oneself.”
-- Jacqueline Auriol

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“When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.”
“I have little shame, no dignity â€“ all in the name of a better cause.”
“I liked the fact she understood how we all have little secret habits that seem normal enough to us, but which we know better than to mention out loud.”
“Some men, like spaniels, will only fawn the more when repulsed, but will pay little heed to a friendly caress.”
“I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.”
“You know, being a test pilot isn't always the healthiest business in the world.”
“Death is the handmaiden of the pilot. Sometimes it comes by accident, sometimes by an act of God.”

Source : Albert Scott Crossfield (2015). “Always Another Dawn: The Story Of A Rocket Test Pilot”, p.109, Pickle Partners Publishing
“The only thing that I'm not willing to do is really stupid, horribly written sitcoms. It can be tempting during pilot season time, but I realized this a while ago when I almost signed my life away to a stupid pilot.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“When you get to know me, I don't despair - I just get up, clean up, and start again.”
“I am not afraid of crashing, my secret is . . . just before we hit the ground, I jump as high as I can.”

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