"The way the public sees it is this.……" — Bertrand Piccard
"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, we are incompetent. But if we do succeed, it's because it was easy and anyone could have done it."
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16 Quotes by Bertrand Piccard
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I am with the angels and just completely happy.
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Nothing can prevent us from another day and night, and the myth of perpetual flight.
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We know that dreams fuel innovation.
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Adventure is something out of the usual pattern, a point at which you cannot avoid confronting the unknown, so that…
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If an aircraft is able to fly day and night without fuel, propelled only by solar energy, let no one…
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Welcome to those who believe in the power of dreams and who would like to join me in my exploration…
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The pioneering spirit is less about thinking up new ideas, as ridding ourselves of dogmas and habits that hold us…
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In the 21st century, I think the heroes will be the people who will improve the quality of life, fight…
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Pioneering spirit should continue, not to conquer the planet or space ... but rather to improve the quality of life.
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Very often, human beings are living like on autopilot, reacting automatically with what happens. What interests me about the life…
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What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves…
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When I was a child, I saw my father diving to the deepest point in the ocean with the U.S.…
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