The smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. Selfdistrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his protracted existence.

There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one's squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to a pilot than the applause of the whole outside world.

In this business, you find the enemy, then go after and destroy him. Everything else is rubbish!

The biggest lesson I've learned . . . was that if you have all the fresh water you want to drink and all the food you want to eat, you ought never to complain about anything.

The key to success, is to think things through and then follow through.

If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. The guarantee of continuity is quality.

I pay those guys to fly, so let them fly. I'll be damned if I'll pay them to just sit there.