Remember that the Clerget lands very fast, at over forty miles an hour, and with that great engine in the nose the tail was light. Watch it... Lovely.

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'm glad we haven't got newspapers now. It's been much nicer without them.

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

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 no good going on living in the ashes of a dead happiness.

Differential equations won't help you much in the design of aeroplanes - not yet, anyhow.