It is the greatest shot of adrenaline to be doing what you've wanted to do so badly. You almost feel like you could fly without the plane.

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.

Familiarity makes the lion more dangerous.

Heaven is to be at peace with things.

Usually if someone starts making universal claims, I tune right on out.

I've always tried to do my best on the ball field. I can't do any more than that. I always give one hundred percent; and if my team loses, I come back and give one hundred percent the next day.

Newspapers are so boring. How can you read a newspaper that starts with a 51-word lead sentence?

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.

We understand now, we've been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were.

I didn't go to Cirque Lodge for alcohol abuse or drug abuse.

the power of beauty:what must the world be like for ugly women?

I think if you place Jesus firmly in the historical context... you can make very educated hypotheses and guesses about how he lived.