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?

It has been said that an engineer is a man who can do for ten shillings what any fool can do for a pound; if that be so, we were certainly engineers.

Everybody pays lip service to the safety of the aeroplane, but nobody is prepared to pay for it.

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

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

There's no dignity, no decency, or health today for men that haven't got a job. All other things depend on work today.

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.