The happily married man with a large family is the test pilot for me.

The thing most worth doing in this modern world [is to] create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make money by their work.

I never was in such a horrid office . . . It's not very nice to be where people are being swindled all day long, is it?

To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.

Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it’s all over.

Maybe we've been too silly to deserve a world like this.

It's not the end of the world at all," he said. "It's only the end for us. The world will go on just the same, only we shan't be in it. I dare say it will get along all right without us.