Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests.

Flying has torn apart the relationship of space and time: it uses our old clock but with new yardsticks.

At the end of the first half-century of engine-driven flight, we are confronted with the stark fact that the historical significance of aircraft has been primarily military and destructive.

Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values. God made life simple. It is man who complicates it.

Our emphasis on science has resulted in an alarming rise in world populations, the demand and ever-increasing emphasis of science to improve their standards and maintain their vigor. I have been forced to the conclusion that an over-emphasis of science weakens character and upsets life's essential balance.

It is the greatest shot of adrenaline to be doing what you have wanted to do so badly. You almost feel like you could fly without the plane.

Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.