Of course, with the increasing number of aeroplanes one gains increased opportunities for shooting down one's enemies, but at the same time, the possibility of being shot down one's self increases.

Fight on and fly on to the last drop of blood and the last drop of fuel, to the last beat of the heart.

The quality of the box matters little. Success depends upon the man who sits in it.

The murder of a man is still murder, even in wartime.

The duty of the fighter pilot is to patrol his area of the sky, and shoot down any enemy fighters in that area. Anything else is rubbish.

Find the enemy and shoot him down. Anything else is nonsense.

As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted.

Success flourishes only in perseverance ceaseless, restless perseverance.

If I should come out of this war alive, I will have more luck than brains.

It is a pity that my collection of trophies contains not a single Russian.

I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.

When you say a man cry in front of another, then you should know that whatever has caused him that much sadness must be a tough one.

And when one song stops playing write the one that will save your life.

I would love to have a long and serious conversation with the Pope. And Woody Allen, whom I have never interviewed. Then, after those two? Steve Jobs.

I've been talking to people all over the country, city council members, grassroots leaders, party leaders, members in Congress - and you know what? The truth is I'll have something to say real soon.

Poetry is something in-between the dream and its interpretation.

I'm glad I got a record contract, because all of a sudden everything you were doing before that made you a stupid person now makes you a smart person.

Thought is the seed of action.

Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.

For what is a person without memories? A ghost, trapped between worlds, without an identity, with no future, no past.

In the search [of a deal], we adopt the same attitude one might find appropriate in looking for a spouse: It pays to be active, interested, and open-minded, but it does not pay to be in a hurry.