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131 Aircraft quotes by 102 unique authors
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Strangely enough, politics may just be the one realm in which having kids imposes no penalty on women. Kids are practically a necessity. For scientists,…
— Stacy Schiff
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Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on.
— Alan Shepard
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Pilots have their names painted just beneath the canopy of their aircraft. This gives the pilot a sense of ownership for his or her jet.…
— Simon Sinek
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Well, they didn't lack for topics after Hiroshima. Why should 9/11 slow them down? I know it got a lot of press, but it's just…
— Bruce Sterling
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Some of the best times in my life happened under the influence of drugs... I'd still be doing it if I could make good judgement…
— Robbie Williams
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Colorful demonstrations and weekend marches are vital but alone are not powerful enough to stop wars. Wars will be stopped only when soldiers refuse to…
— Arundhati Roy
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All right, You Great Git, You've asked for it. I'll cover the world in Tastee-Freez and Wimpy Burgers. I'll fill it with concrete runways, motorways,…
— Peter Cook
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Yes,I'm afraid you're right. Trial and error isn't a bad way to learn how to build an aircraft,but it can be a disastrous way to…
— Daniel Quinn
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Nowhere was the airport's charm more concentrated than on the screens placed at intervals across the terminal which announced, in deliberately workmanlike fonts, the itineraries…
— Alain de Botton
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During the air war of 1944, a four-man combat crew on a B-17 bomber took a vow to never abandon one another no matter how…
— Sebastian Junger
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Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.
— Bill Gates
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He was the first to reach the aircraft, and he went for the door that by some miracle was facing outward and not into the…
— J R Ward
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Ladies and gentleman," he said over the speakers, "welcome aboard this recently liberated Gulfstream V. If I could have your attention for just a few…
— Derek Landy
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Aircraft do not crash of themselves. They come to grief because men are foolish, or vain, or lazy, or irresolute or reckless. One crash in…
— Nevil Shute
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I was born in 1935, and as far back as I can remember, I was sketching designs. My first subject was an aircraft, which I…
— Norman Foster
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At the end of October 4 in 1957, when I was coming back from sea duty in the South Pacific, Sputnik went up. I realized…
— Edgar Mitchell
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I was a child of World War Two . I saw films of pilots taking off from aircraft carriers and decided that was the only…
— Eugene Cernan
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Japan has always regarded the aircraft carrier as one of the most offensive of armaments.
— Isoroku Yamamoto
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The real challenge of being a flight attendant is getting people out. The training requires that they demonstrate they can evacuate an aircraft within 90…
— Philip Greenspun
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Osama bin Laden organized an attack that was carried out against the United States, New York, Pentagon, and the other aircraft, with 19 attackers, 19…
— Richard Engel
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More and more, modern warfare will be about people sitting in bunkers in front of computer screens, whether remotely piloted aircraft or cyber weapons.
— Philip Hammond
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Goodrich adds a very strong portfolio of complementary products and is a great fit with Hamilton Sundstrand. Bringing these 2 companies together will significantly strengthen…
— Louis R. Chenevert
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Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft.
— Billy Mitchell
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Have you ever, on a cloudless night, looked down from a passing aircraft flying over Canada? Endless, glowing strings of cities, towns, and homesteads. Stretching…
— Paul Martin
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Later, after flying in the Navy for four or five years, spending some time on an aircraft carrier, I applied to and was accepted in…
— Mark Kelly
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