Flying a good airplane doesn't require near as much attention as a motor car.

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.

Don't go against your inner knowing. Just don't. Trust yourself.

If you have autism in the family history, you still vaccinate. Delay it a bit, space them out.

The past is pregnant with the present.

Accuse not nature: she hath done her part; Do thou but thine.

Basically you can do anything in a film. I could have place a spaceship in the middle of a street. You can do anything, and I love to talk about this because is so organic to the process.

I'd rather people love me or hate me than have no opinion of me. Indifference is scary.

Noting all these things with the great delight which learning gives, we cannot but be stirred by these discoveries when we reflect upon the influence of them one by one.

I can remain on shore, paralyzed with fear, or I can raise my sails and dip and soar in the breeze.

Clear focus is the mind’s magic wand. It points your creativity in a particular direction and channels your experience behind it. Wherever you clearly focus, you create.

Set your sights not just on the next few weeks ... set your sights on the years ahead - because our vision will look that far ahead.