All really great flying adventures begin at dawn.

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.

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

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.

Freedom runs faster than a Samoan cop that’s been paid to run. Freedom always run faster.

Touch not the fighting-dog without a glove.Give me a fighting-dog and I come alive.Fighting-dogs always meant more to Tom Mitchell than people.

Gamblers take blind risks. Entrepreneurs take risks while visually impaired and feel their way up and out.

Manners are the ability to put someone else at their ease...by turning any answer into another question.

I like generals. I think generals are terrific. You know, they go through schools and sort of end up at the top of the pyramid. And it's like a test.

What's wan man's news is another man's throubles.

A lot of things just aren't true any more.

I went through a huge transition in my life where everything and everyone I knew and trusted didn't turn out to be that way.

I wouldn't call myself a woman in bluegrass. I haven't really been a part of the world for a while. It's just been a big influence on who I am today.

I think we have to do something about the environment and how we are polluting the planet.