I don't believe in taking unnecessary risks, but a life without risk isn't worth living.

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.

A worthy failure is more valuable than a mediocre success.

If my stupidity makes you smile, I rather prefer to act always as stupid.

He tossed a word like a ball, never letting it fall. Instead it swam in the air, without care, strung together with an art that came straight from his heart.

There are three classes of men-lovers of wisdom lovers of honour lovers of gain.

The whole world may begin to burn, but the National Socialist State and Idea will emerge from the conflagration like platinum.

I don't have a favorite place to play.

I see America through the eyes of the victim. I don’t see any American dream; I see an American nightmare.

I will focus on being substantive and I will focus on Barack Obama.

Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.

I grew up in a show-business family, but we were working-class show business. There was nothing glamorous about it. You had great things one day and the next day, nothing.