--- title: "4 Cecil Arthur Lewis Quotes - Famous Screenwriter" description: "British fighter pilot (1898–1997)... | Cecil Arthur Lewis was a British fighter ace who flew with No. 56 Squadron RAF in the First World War, and was cr..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b067/author-cecil-arthur-lewis-66266.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Cecil Arthur Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b067/author-cecil-arthur-lewis-66266.jpg) # Cecil Arthur Lewis (1898–1997) Screenwriter **4** quotes in **86** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Cecil Arthur Lewis was a screenwriter. ## Quick Facts About Cecil Arthur Lewis Born March 29, 1898 Died January 27, 1997 Profession Screenwriter ## About Cecil Arthur Lewis British fighter pilot (1898–1997)... \| Cecil Arthur Lewis was a British fighter ace who flew with No. 56 Squadron RAF in the First World War, and was credited with destroying eight enemy aircraft. He went on to be a founding executive of the British Broadcasting Company and to enjoy a long career as a writer, notably of the aviation clas ## Quotes by Cecil Arthur Lewis > [And should I not, had I but known, have flung the machine this way and that, once more to feel it live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-arthur-lewis/and-should-i-not-had-i-but-known-have-flung-the-machine-this-way-and/) [Cecil Arthur Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-arthur-lewis/) [Aviation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aviation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fb/cecil-arthur-lewis-66266_aviation_and-should-i-not-had-i-but-known-have-fl_554232.jpg) > [So let us raise a cheer ... for the insatiable spirit of Man eager for all new things! What a tale could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-arthur-lewis/so-let-us-raise-a-cheer-for-the-insatiable-spirit-of-man-eager-for/) [Cecil Arthur Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-arthur-lewis/) [Aviation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aviation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5f/cecil-arthur-lewis-66266_aviation_so-let-us-raise-a-cheer-for-the-insatiab_935266.png) > [Now shut the engines off. Come down and flatten out, feel the long float, and at the given moment pull the stick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-arthur-lewis/now-shut-the-engines-off-come-down-and-flatten-out-feel-the-long/) [Cecil Arthur Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-arthur-lewis/) [Angry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/653/cecil-arthur-lewis-66266_angry_now-shut-the-engines-off-come-down-and-f_1320712.jpg) > [That distant day had a significance I could not give it then. So we wheeled and came back south towards the city.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecil-arthur-lewis/that-distant-day-had-a-significance-i-could-not-give-it-then-so-we/) [Cecil Arthur Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-arthur-lewis/) [Aviation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aviation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3d/cecil-arthur-lewis-66266_aviation_that-distant-day-had-a-significance-i-co_2634543.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecil-arthur-lewis/#itemlist", "name": "Cecil Arthur Lewis Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And should I not, had I but known, have flung the machine this way and that, once more to feel it live under my hand, have sported in the sky and laughed and sung, knowing that never after should I feel so free, so sure in hazard, so secure, riding the daylight in the pride of youth? 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