A great industrial nation may conquer the world in the span of a single life, but its Achilles' heel is time. Its children, what of them?

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.

Good style happens in one of two ways: the writer either has an inborn talent or is willing to work herself to death to get it.

Hard times' is a phrase the English love to use, when speaking of Africa. And it is easy to forget that Africa's 'hard times' were made harder by them.

If you get offended by words - by noises we make with our mouths - it means you were raised by bad parents.

There are ways of doing stunts without me. I get no pleasure putting my life in jeopardy just to get the shot. Life is too short for that nonsense.

If you are poor, avoid wine as a costly luxury; if you are rich, shun it as a fatal indulgence. Stick to plain water.

I think that my past stands me in good stead in that it does have a certain strength for musicians.

Abstract words are ancient coins whose concrete images in the give and take of talk have worn away with use.

I have condemned my kids to a lifetime of geographic illiteracy.

The audience should feel they are hearing the future, that is arriving just on time.

The sea was angry that day my friend, like an old man trying to send back soup at a deli.