Roots Quotes by Jacqueline Cochran

I might have been born in a hovel, but I determined to travel with the wind and the stars.

— Jacqueline Cochran

I'd have given my right eye to be an astronaut.

— Jacqueline Cochran

In the case of an airplane, speed is determined by the outcome of the conflict between thrust of the power and drag of the…

— Jacqueline Cochran

To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death.

— Jacqueline Cochran

Earthbound souls know only the underside of the atmosphere in which they live . . . but go higher - above the dust and…

— Jacqueline Cochran

And to live without risk for me would have been tantamount to death.

— Jacqueline Cochran

Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered because it is sought by too many anxious to use it.

— Jacqueline Cochran

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind and spirit.

— Jacqueline Cochran

It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death.

— Jacqueline Cochran

[A difficult childhood gave me] a kind of cocky confidence. ... I could never have so little that I hadn't had less. It took…

— Jacqueline Cochran

I can cure your men of walking off the [flight] program. Let's put on the girls.

— Jacqueline Cochran

I wanted to go higher than Rockefeller Center, which was being erected across the street from Saks Fifth Avenue and was going to cut…

— Jacqueline Cochran