Hugo Eckener quotes

“The aeroplane is tragically unsuited for ocean service.”
-- Hugo Eckener

#Ocean Quotes #Predictions Quotes

“If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.”

“Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.”

“It struck me then how much the past - not just the past but history and family - was like the ocean tide. It was always the same ocean, but the waves made it fresh and new each time.”

“Animals in general have always been my passion, project, crusade - whatever you want to call it! The ocean is such a huge, beautiful thing that I feel like we all take for granted.”

Source : "Beautiful Wave Star Aimee Teegarden Talks Surfer Boys And More!". Interview with Kaitlin Menza, www.seventeen.com. May 12, 2012.

“My biggest concern is always the students who are working toward a certain career - when they limit themselves to just that one option. They need to know that the world is huge - it's an ocean, and there are so many options. It's not the end of the world if they don't get to pursue an apparent childhood dream.”

Source : Nevil Shute (1973). “A Nevil Shute omnibus”

“Haters are a drop in the ocean. Theres that much more love”

“I do not think that a flight across the Atlantic will be made in our time, and in our time I include the youngest readers.”

“There are no practical alternatives to air transportation.”

“If the facts are contrary to any predictions, then the hypothesis is wrong no matter how appealing.”

“Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.”