She looked at him in wonder. "Do people think of me like that? I only did what anybody could have done." "That's as it may be," he replied. "The fact is, that you did it.

She looked at him in wonder. "Do people think of me like that? I only did what anybody could have done." "That's as it may be," he replied. "The fact is, that you did it.

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

You cannot argue stupidity, you just have to accept it patiently as one of those things.

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

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

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.