Unless science is controlled by a greater moral force, it will become the Antichrist prophesied by the early Christians.

I hope you either take up parachute jumping or stay out of single motored airplanes at night.

I'm not bound to be in aviation at all. I'm here only because I love the sky and flying more than anything else on earth. Of course there's danger; but a certain amount of danger is essential to the quality of life. I don't believe in taking foolish chances' but nothing can be accomplished without taking any chance at all.

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.

Man is a mixture of desires that extend beyond his knowledge and often result in action conflicting with rationality.

Aviation seems almost a gift from heaven to those Western nations who were already the leaders of their era, strengthening their leadership, their confidence, their dominance over other peoples.

I believe the risks I take are justified by the sheer love of the life I lead.