Anticipation, I suppose, sometimes exceeds realization.

Now and then women should do for themselves what men have already done—occasionally what men have not done—thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action.

As soon as we left the ground, I knew I had to fly.

Experiment! Meet new people. That’s better than any college education . . . By adventuring; about, you become accustomed to the unexpected. The unexpected then becomes what it really is . . . the inevitable.

The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

So I accept these awards on behalf of the cake bakers and all of those other women who can do some things quite as important, if not more important, than flying, as well as in the name of women flying today.

I'm getting housemaid's knee kneeling here gulping beauty.