The remedy for our social evils does not consist so much in changing the system of government as it does in increasing the general intelligence of the people so that they may learn how to govern.

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.

Some mommies and daddies find it hard to acceptKids who are different to the normal set.

Television has a different biorhythm than movies. I love the biorhythm of TV.

I would never like to endorse a fairness cream. I believe in natural beauty.

I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?

It wasn't that the X-1 would kill you, it was the systems in the X-1 that would kill you.

What a man thinks in his spirit in the world, that he does after his departure from the world when he becomes a spirit.

I said I would do all the films about the commercials, and the films about ball-bearings and Ford tractors and so on, if once a year they gave me money for a free film.

I come from the slums; I come from a hard background; I come from a poor family; and I was a soldier.

We Shan't Save All We Would Like To, But We Shall Save A Great Deal More Than If We Had Never Tried.

Good books get praised, bad books get praised. Good books get ignored, bad books get ignored