I decided that if I could fly for ten years before I was killed in a crash, it would be a worthwhile trade for an ordinary life time.

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.

When you live for every second, tomorrow doesn’t matter!

Maybe they hurt so much that the only way they can say it, is to say nothing

To acknowledge God is to fully accept the sorrow of the human condition.

I can't be around someone who is negative because I am such a positive person. If you are mean, then we don't speak.

Democrats have an answer to the unemployment problem. They're all running for the Presidency.

Living submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air.

I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.

Soccer isn't brain surgery, have fun.

Hey, is that you Elvis? I wanna speak to the Colonel. Jump to it, you mother.

I have either a cucumber martini, gin martini, or a vodka martini. That's it. Simple.