There is no more alluring airspace in the world than the slit up a China girl's dress.

Rule books are paper - they will not cushion a sudden meeting of stone and metal.

Anyone can do the job when things are going right. In this business we play for keeps.

There are two kinds of airplanes - those you fly and those that fly you . . . You must have a distinct understanding at the very start as to who is the boss.

Nobody who gets too damned relaxed builds up much flying time.

Electronics were rascals, and they lay awake nights trying to find some way to screw you during the day. You could not reason with them. They had a brain and intestines, but no heart.

The emergencies you train for almost never happen. It's the one you can't train for that kills you.

Flying is hypnotic and all pilots are willing victims to the spell.

MaCleod, since you've flown the SeaBee a lot you'll understand when I say it was the only airplane I ever owned that you could put in a dive, loose a cylinder and stall out!

I want a boat that drinks 6, eats 4, and sleeps 2.

It's remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can sweep away the maddening frustrations of shore living.

The Good News is the gospel of glad-tidings.

Mistasinon stood as the music of life flowed around him, the instrument of his agency muted.

The honourable are moved, by the nobility of another's sacrifice. The wicked are moved only by causing it.

The decision makers face each other. No safety screen stands between the issues and the highest authorities.

I don't feel like I have a normal day if I don't exercise or work out.

If you're rushing around like a chicken with its head cut off you're probably going to get hurt.

...It's easier to find a way to make money at something you love than to learn to love a job that you can make money at.

It's overwhelmingly likely that life exists on other planets.

Deadlines have a lousy name. Call them live-lines instead. That´t what they are.

I don't feel that I need a tattoo to represent myself as a Samoan or a Christian.