Bertrand Piccard Quotes

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• I am with the angels and just completely happy.
• The way the public sees it is this. If we don't leave, we are idiots. If we do leave but don't succeed in our mission,…
• Nothing can prevent us from another day and night, and the myth of perpetual flight.
• We know that dreams fuel innovation.
• Adventure is something out of the usual pattern, a point at which you cannot avoid confronting the unknown, so that you have to dig inside…
• If an aircraft is able to fly day and night without fuel, propelled only by solar energy, let no one claim that it is impossible…
• Welcome to those who believe in the power of dreams and who would like to join me in my exploration of life.
• The pioneering spirit is less about thinking up new ideas, as ridding ourselves of dogmas and habits that hold us captive in thinking.
• In the 21st century, I think the heroes will be the people who will improve the quality of life, fight poverty and introduce more sustainability.
• Pioneering spirit should continue, not to conquer the planet or space ... but rather to improve the quality of life.
• Very often, human beings are living like on autopilot, reacting automatically with what happens. What interests me about the life of an explorer is you…
• What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the new century.
• When I was a child, I saw my father diving to the deepest point in the ocean with the U.S. Navy.
• People put limitations on their creativity, believing they have to rely on what they know and what they have done.
• My life and the life of my family has to do with exploration, with adventure. My grandfather was the first man in the stratosphere, and…
• I came up with idea of a solar airplane flying around the world with no fuel - that would be a beautiful message in terms…

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