I was astonished at the effect my successful landing in France had on the nations of the world. To me, it was like a match lighting a bonfire.

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.

The scientist is more religious than the poet because his beliefs rests in faith for a reality that is intangible.

Only Jesus is perfect!" isn't in the Bible.

You become what you think about most of the time.

All acts of living become bad by ten things, and by avoiding the ten things they become good. There are three evils of the body, four evils of the tongue, and three evils of the mind.

I don't like working in front of a camera.

When you trust and have elevated personnel in each department then the sky really is the limit.

I feel sorry for players who are always lying awake at night, brooding over their games.

Jazz is like a big secret club. The mainstream media doesn't pay any attention to it, it's like 1 percent of the music market - no one cares. Why? Because the majority of jazz is old.

It is very important in life to know when your cue comes.

We can control our borders, we just choose not too.