I have been luckier than the law of averages should allow. I could never be so lucky again.

Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer.

The function and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm.

I am not a very timid type. It's very important to some people, but not to me. I have a simple philosophy: worry about those things you can fix. It you can't fix it, don't worry about it; accept it and do the best you can.

The country will some day pay for the stupidities of those who were in the majority on this commission. They know as much about the future of aviation as they do about the sign writing of the Aztecs.

To become an ace a fighter must have extraordinary eyesight, strength, and agility, a huntsman's eye, coolness in a pinch, calculated recklessness, a full measure of courage and occasional luck!

If we should have to fight, we should be prepared to do so from the neck up instead of from the neck down.