Walter Alexander Raleigh quotes

“The engine is the heart of an aeroplane, but the pilot is its soul.”
-- Walter Alexander Raleigh

Source : Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Henry Albert Jones (1922). “The War in the Air: Being the Story of the Part Played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force ...”, The Clarendon Press

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“In an examination those who do not wish to know ask questions of those who cannot tell.”
-- Walter Alexander Raleigh

Source : Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh (1923). “Laughter from a Cloud”

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“The cavalry, in particular, were not friendly to the aeroplane, which it was believed, would frighten the horses.”
-- Walter Alexander Raleigh

Source : Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Henry Albert Jones (1922). “The War in the Air: Being the Story of the Part Played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force ...”, The Clarendon Press

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“Ideas may drift into other minds, but they do not drift my way. I have to go and fetch them. I know no work manual or mental to equal the appalling heart-breaking anguish of fetching an idea from nowhere.”

“The Holy Spirit is just as truly in us when He makes no sign as when the fountains of joy are overflowing, or the waters of peace are softly refreshing our weary and troubled heart.”

“When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, `Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.' But I was one-and-twenty No use to talk to me. When I was one-and-twenty I heard him say again, `The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; 'Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.' And I am two-and-twenty And oh, 'tis true, 'tis true.”

“Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired (by passionate devotion to them) produces such an ecstasy that the buying of more books than one can peradventure read is nothing less than the soul reaching towards infinity ... we cherish books even if unread, their mere presence exudes comfort, their ready access, reassurance.”

“I like music that is able to stir my soul. My music is a spiritual exercise”

“You have to enjoy your job; you should wake up every day and love what you do... I honestly do... From the bottom of my heart to the depths of my soul. I'm truly happy.”

“When a soul is created, so is its mate. In every lifetime those souls find each other. They complete the other's destiny.”

“And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights.”

“I'm going to write a whole pilot and see if anyone's interested, and if not then I'll just live out the tortured life instead of showing it on TV.”

Source : "Kickin' it with Andy Milonakis". Interview with Bethonie Butler, ew.com. September 18, 2007.

“I always wanted to be a pilot.”