I believe the risks I take are justified by the sheer love of the life I lead.

If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

Life without risks is not worth living.

Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.

Isn't it strange that we talk least about the things we think about most?

Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see .

I would rather live one day in Maui than one month in New York.

In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.

If one took no chances, one would not fly at all. Safety lies in the judgment of the chances one takes.

Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests.

For you to be able to be fruitful, to multiply and saturate the earth with your products, you have to first know how to properly use the currency of time.

Life is a sacred enduring journey.

Bricks are independent but can work well with other, tough to crack, fiercely loyal and put in the right spot will hold anything and everything that you’ve ever held dear with the greatest of ease.

A mathematician is a magician who converts adjectives into nouns: continuous into continuum, infinite into infinity, infinitesimal into location, 0D into point, 1D into line, curved into geodesic...

I enjoyed the whole process of learning and was always happy when autumn came and school or college started up again.

Banks are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money.

Prose is like hair; it shines with combing.

I'm totally in control of this tiny, tiny world right there at the typewriter.

Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. Focus all your effort on what is in your power to control.

It's always nice to work with someone you have a history with. It just makes it easier to click back into that dynamic and have a lot of fun.