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> [This thing we call luck is merely professionalism and attention to detail, it's your awareness of everything that is going on around you, it's how well you know and understand your aircraft and your own limitations. Luck is the sum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-coonts/this-thing-we-call-luck-is-merely-professionalism-and-attention-to/)

[Stephen Coonts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-coonts/)

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## Other authors on Aviator

- [Charles Lindbergh 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aviator/charles-lindbergh/)

## More by Stephen Coonts

> [I am alive. Up here with the song of the engine and the air whispering on my face as the sunlight and shadows play…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-coonts/i-am-alive-up-here-with-the-song-of-the-engine-and-the-air-whispering/)

[Stephen Coonts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-coonts/)

> [The irony of the information age is that it lends credibility to uninformed opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-coonts/the-irony-of-the-information-age-is-that-it-lends-credibility-to/)

[Stephen Coonts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-coonts/)

> [Flying is like sex - I've never had all I wanted but occasionally I've had all I could stand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-coonts/flying-is-like-sex-i-ve-never-had-all-i-wanted-but-occasionally-i-ve/)

[Stephen Coonts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-coonts/)

> [“If it floats, flies or fucks, rent—don’t buy!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-coonts/if-it-floats-flies-or-fucks-rent-don-t-buy/)

[Stephen Coonts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-coonts/)

> [Flight is romance - not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-coonts/flight-is-romance-not-in-the-sense-of-sexual-attraction-but-as-an/)

[Stephen Coonts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-coonts/)

> [The most crucial thing is to learn the craft: how to string sentences together, how to make your dialogue sound like real people, how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-coonts/the-most-crucial-thing-is-to-learn-the-craft-how-to-string-sentences/)

[Stephen Coonts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-coonts/)

> [Here above the farms and ranches of the Great Plains aviation lives up to the promise that inspired dreamers through the ages. Here you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-coonts/here-above-the-farms-and-ranches-of-the-great-plains-aviation-lives/)

[Stephen Coonts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-coonts/)

> [“Don't let the assholes grind you down.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-coonts/don-t-let-the-assholes-grind-you-down/)

[Stephen Coonts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-coonts/)

> [“Back when I was a callow youth, if I had known how miserable the hours would be working for the CIA, I would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-coonts/back-when-i-was-a-callow-youth-if-i-had-known-how-miserable-the-hours/)

[Stephen Coonts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-coonts/)

> [“I’ve talked to Molina three times today, and he wants me to pull the rabbit out of the hat now”.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-coonts/i-ve-talked-to-molina-three-times-today-and-he-wants-me-to-pull-the/)

[Stephen Coonts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-coonts/)

> [This thing we call luck is merely professionalism and attention to detail, it's your awareness of everything that is going on around you, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-coonts/this-thing-we-call-luck-is-merely-professionalism-and-attention-to/)

[Stephen Coonts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-coonts/)

> [The hard, inescapable reality is that anyone who flies may die in an airplane.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-coonts/the-hard-inescapable-reality-is-that-anyone-who-flies-may-die-in-an/)

[Stephen Coonts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-coonts/)

> [With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that essence from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-coonts/with-the-stick-in-my-right-hand-the-throttle-in-my-left-and-the/)

[Stephen Coonts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-coonts/)

> [A little mountain will kill you just as dead as a big one if you fly into it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-coonts/a-little-mountain-will-kill-you-just-as-dead-as-a-big-one-if-you-fly/)

[Stephen Coonts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-coonts/)

> [“but until we fix the government policies that breed poverty, we have condemned the poor, black, white, and brown to a life of economic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-coonts/but-until-we-fix-the-government-policies-that-breed-poverty-we-have/)

[Stephen Coonts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-coonts/)

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