I learned that danger is relative, and the inexperience can be a magnifying glass.

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 authors worry about genres great authors don't.

Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you do that through your own thinking.

I've hated some of them too. Most of them sometimes. And they do think differently, but that's a good thing, isn't it? A hand isn't a f-foot, but I need them both to hunt.

No universal selfishness can bring social good to all. Communism - the effort to give all men what they need and to ask of each the best they can contribute - this is the only way of human life.

Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.

I've always tried to maintain that I don't have any advice to give. I'm a curious observer.

Being joyful is our natural state of being.

Two-thirds of all the strifes, quarrels, and lawsuits in the world arise from one simple cause-money.

The shaming of Washington, insofar as it is even possible, is a very noble pursuit.

We need to learn to get along with each other and learn how to help one another.