Quotes and Sayings About Aviation
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Death is the handmaiden of the pilot. Sometimes it comes by accident, sometimes by an act of God.
-- Albert Scott Crossfield -
Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature.
-- Albertus Magnus -
In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.
-- Amelia Earhart -
Had I not become a professional golfer, I think I would have pursued some type of career in aviation.
-- Arnold Palmer -
At the same time, as you know, unless you are a comic book reader, Daredevil is not a known thing.
-- Avi Arad -
Listen, people like Brian Bendis did great things for comic readers, great things for comic readers.
-- Avi Arad -
When you get to know me, I don't despair - I just get up, clean up, and start again.
-- Avi Arad -
What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the new century.
-- Bertrand Piccard -
I am not afraid of crashing, my secret is . . . just before we hit the ground, I jump as high as I can.
-- Bill Cosby -
Strive for simplicity. You never have to fix what you leave out.
-- Bill Lear -
The more I fly, the more I'm convinced that the true wonder of modern aviation is the transformation of tasteless particles into something known as airplane food.
-- Bob Blumer -
If you're faced with a forced landing, fly the thing as far into the crash as possible.
-- Bob Hoover -
It is not unreasonable to look upon Concorde as a miracle.
-- Brian Trubshaw -
The joke in aviation is, 'If you want to make a million, you'd better start with £10m.'
-- Bruce Dickinson -
The J3 Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you.
-- C. Maxwell Stanley -
Not all birds can fly. What separates the flyers from the walkers is the ability to take off.
-- Carl Sagan -
High sprits they had: gravity they flouted.
-- Cecil Day-Lewis -
Nothing ever built arose to touch the skies unless some man dreamed that it should, some man believed that it could, and some man willed that it must.
-- Charles Kettering -
I realized that the future of aviation, to which I had devoted so much of my life, depended less on the perfection of aircraft than on preserving the epoch-evolved environment of life, and that this was true of all technological progress.
-- Charles Lindbergh -
There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.
-- Chesley Sullenberger -
My message going forward is that I want to remind everyone in the aviation industry - especially those who manage aviation companies and those who regulate aviation - that we owe it to our passengers to keep learning how to do it better.
-- Chesley Sullenberger -
Never quit. Never give up. Fly it to the end.
-- Chuck Aaron -
We continue to subsidize highways and aviation, but when it comes to our passenger rail system, we refuse to provide the money Amtrak needs to survive.
-- Corrine Brown -
People who invest in aviation are the biggest suckers in the world.
-- David Neeleman -
If a problem cannot be solved, enlarge it.
-- Dwight D. Eisenhower -
Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.
-- Eddie Rickenbacker -
On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.
-- Epictetus
