In combat flying, fancy precision aerobatic work is really not of much use. Instead, it is the rough maneuver which succeeds.

Of all my accomplishments I may have achieved during the war, I am proudest of the fact that I never lost a wingman.

See, decide, attack, reverse.

The weapon where the man is sitting in is always superior against the other.

If he is superior then I would go home, for another day that is better.

I opened fire when the whole windshield was black with the enemy . . . at minimum range . . . it doesn't matter what your angle is to him or whether you are in a turn or any other maneuver.

It was my view that no kill was worth the life of a wingman. . . . Pilots in my unit who lost wingmen on this basis were prohibited from leading a [section]. The were made to fly as wingman, instead.

People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me. If they did they would say so oftener and with emphasis.

I've had quite a lot of luck with dreams. I've often awoken in the night with a phrase or even a whole song in my head.

Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.

I found with my students they don't necessarily look at journals any more, but they print right away from the internet what's relevant to what's he doing you see.

Know thyself as the pride of His creation, the link uniting divinity and matter; behold a part of God Himself within thee; remember thine own dignity nor dare descend to evil or meanness.

I have worked with a great many comedians as opposed to comics, although I have worked with comics as well, I make the distinction.

Don't you want the guy who'll forget about all the other things in his life before he forgets about you?

I haven't run out of ideas yet. Usually while I'm working on a book, I'm doing research for the next one!

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience.

I followed an Italian manager and it cannot be easy when you follow a manager who thinks very differently.