Air power is new to all our countries. It brings advantages to some and weakens others; it calls for readjustment everywhere.

After my death, the molecules of my being will return to the earth and sky. They came from the stars. I am of the stars.

The remedy for our social evils does not consist so much in changing the system of government as it does in increasing the general intelligence of the people so that they may learn how to govern.

To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs no logic for its mission.

I saw a fleet of fishing boats...I flew down almost touching the craft and yelled at them, asking if I was on the right road to Ireland. They just stared. Maybe they didn't hear me. Maybe I didn't hear them. Or maybe they thought I was just a crazy fool.

We are all consumers and should all be producers.

The life of an aviator seemed to me ideal. It involved skill. It brought adventure. It made use of the latest developments of science. Mechanical engineers were fettered to factories and drafting boards while pilots have the freedom of wind with the expanse of sky. There were times in an aeroplane when it seemed I had escaped mortality to look down on earth like a God.