"What the history of aviation has brought in……" — Bertrand Piccard
"What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the new century."
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16 Quotes by Bertrand Piccard
Bertrand Piccard has 16 quotes on this site.
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I am with the angels and just completely happy.
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The way the public sees it is this. If we don't leave, we are idiots. If we do leave but…
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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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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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More Aviation Quotes
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Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.
— Neil Armstrong
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Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's…
— Douglas Adams
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More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot…
— Cecil Beaton
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In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children.
— Robert Benchley
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
— Mel Brooks
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When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece…
— Kalpana Chawla
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I went to the University of Washington as a physics and astronomy major. My other interest, of course, was aviation.…
— Michael P. Anderson
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To invent an airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything.
— Otto Lilienthal
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My first wife didn't like to fly, either.
— Gordon Baxter
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The odds against there being a bomb on a plane are a million to one, and against two bombs a…
— Benny Hill
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The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.
— Jonathan Swift
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Which is now a more hopeful statement than Swift intended it to be.
— Will Durant
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