The irony of the information age is that it lends credibility to uninformed opinion.

Mistakes are inevitable in aviation, especially when one is still learning new things. The trick is to not make the mistake that will kill you.

All really great flying adventures begin at dawn.

Flight is romance - not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life.

With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that essence from which life is made.

Here you are truly separate from the earth, at least for a little while, removed from the cares and concerns that occupy you on the ground.

Airplanes are like women - pick what you like and try to get it away from the guy who has it, then dress it out to the limit of your wallet and taste.

It's the most exciting thing you have ever done with your pants on!

The hard, inescapable reality is that anyone who flies may die in an airplane.

The most crucial thing is to learn the craft: how to string sentences together, how to make your dialogue sound like real people, how to properly pace a story, how to develop interesting characters.

A little mountain will kill you just as dead as a big one if you fly into it.

She did not believe he could have really gone, because for her, to leave the person you loved was impossible.

The road up and the road down are one and the same." Heraclitus

They didn’t realize that if you take away the possibility of pain, and suffering, failure…you also take away the possibility of happiness, success, and joy." -The Old Man: DOMINATUS

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself. Boredom sets into boring minds. The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.

In ambition, as in love, the successful can afford to be indulgent toward their rivals. The prize our own, it is graceful to recognize the merit that vainly aspired to it.

I feel a great comfort and relief knowing that there are others who lived and died and thought and fought so long ago; I feel less tyrannized by the present day.

I only have control over what I do.

Sometimes i feel lonely, but it's ok

Make things worth sharing.