The better I shoot, the less I have to maneuver.

Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you are scared.

I can give you a six-word formula for success: "Think things through - then follow through."

Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.

Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievement.

The biggest lesson I've learned . . . was that if you have all the fresh water you want to drink and all the food you want to eat, you ought never to complain about anything.

Courage is about doing what you're afraid to do.

I can see that aerial warfare is actually scientific murder.

I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.

I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know, and I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me.

The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid. It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live.

Leaders..should influence others..in such a way that it builds people up, encourages and edifies them so they can duplicate this attitude in others.

Where you have been isn't half as important as where you are headed. Keep your sights and focus on the future.

It was pleasant - and the sense of otherness was nice, that there were two people involved in this process, that we were each giving something to the other.

A treasure...at the top of any list of fantasy to be cherished.

Hee looseth nothing, that looseth not God.

Time moves in it special way in the middle of the night.

People judge you because of your weight and your food issues. It's very visual.

I like this world. I like drinking champagne. I like not smoking. I like Dutch people speaking Dutch.

For me the form, the stanzaic shape, is an endorsement, proof that I'm engaged with the Latin or Greek at an original level, that my versions are explorations.

You gotta eat lightning and crap thunder!