In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.

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.

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.

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

The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshiped anything but himself.

Luck is a point where hard work meets the opportunity

Do I worship God or what other people think of me?

American leadership is not simply a matter of going it alone and bearing all of the burden ourselves.

Movies are great, but the real romance happens right here somewhere as real close-up. Either you're the one erasing or you're the one being erased, so... It's not a pleasant feeling!

Getting to do different genres of movies means you're gonna have different types of situations. So I want to try and do every type of genre there is out there.

Oh who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried.

Baby I'm a fool who thinks it's cool to fall in love

Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without ant errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.

The nature of the leadership spirit is the inherent desire of all mankind to control and regulate both environment and circumstance.