14 quotes found
“High FlightOh! I have slipped the surly bonds of EarthAnd danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;Sunward Ive climbed, and joined the tumbling mirthof sun-split clouds, and done a hundred thin...”
“Workers must root out the idea that by keeping the results of their labors to themselves a fortune will be assured to them. Patent fees are so much wasted money. The flying machine of the future wi...”
“Up there the world is divided into bastards and suckers. Make your choice.”
“Santiago de Cuba has the Antonio Maceo Airport (MUCU/SCU), which was home to the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces. Shown in the photo is a Cuban Mig 21 inside the VT-45 hanger. Santiago de Cuba had...”
“Feelings came alive in Vicki for which the earth and sea had never taught her names.”
“Steve did not have a death wish. He had the exact opposite. His appetite for life was so strong, it outweighed all fear. So what if his choices shortened his life? His choices filled his life, and ...”
“You are supposed to know how to fly or you would not be here. You will now learn to fly all over again. Our way. I have examined your logbooks. They contain some interesting and clever lies. If you...”
“This is our foxhole, and in foxholes, sometimes faith is all you've got.”
“Medical professionals are as skilled and as dedicated as any, but they operate within a fragmented system that has not progressed as far as we have in aviation.”
“What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains and studying night and day how to fly?”
“The birds can fly An' why can't I?”
“He rode upon a cherub and did fly: yea he did fly upon the wings of the wind.”
