Pilot Quotes

416 quotes by 360 authors

An airplane might disappoint any pilot but it'll never surprise a good one. — Len Morgan
A pilot who says he has never been frightened in an airplane is, I'm afraid, lying. — Louise Thaden
The pilot is still the pilot, whether he is at a remote console or on the flight deck. With the potential for thousands of these… — Mark Rosenker
What is it in fact, this learning to fly? To be precise, it is 'to learn NOT to fly wrong.' To learn to become a… — Henri Mignet
I have flown in just about everything, with all kinds of pilots in all parts of the world - British, French, Pakistani, Iranian, Japanese, Chinese… — Chuck Yeager
A pilot must have a memory developed to absolute perfection. But there are two higher qualities which he also must have. He must have good… — Mark Twain
The happily married man with a large family is the test pilot for me. — Nevil Shute
Between the amateur and the professional . . . there is a difference not only in degree but in kind. The skillful man is, within… — Bernard DeVoto
Who was the best pilot I ever saw? You're lookin' at 'im. — Gordon Cooper
And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist… — Elrey Borge Jeppesen
Flying for the airlines is not supposed to be an adventure. From takeoff to landing, the autopilots handle the controls. This is routine. In a… — Bernard Ziegler
And he supposed it might not be the best of days. But then, he was flying the mails and was not expected to squat on… — Ernest K. Gann
Oh, pilot! 'tis a fearful night, There's danger on the deep. — Thomas Haynes Bayly
Harmony comes gradually to a pilot and his plane. The wing does not want so much to fly true as to tug at the hands… — Beryl Markham
With 'Twilight,' you have these massive tomes that you have to condense. With 'Penoza,' we had an eight episode Dutch series that, just for the… — Melissa Rosenberg
There is no such thing as a natural born pilot. Whatever my aptitudes or talents, becoming a proficient pilot was hard work, really a lifetime's… — Chuck Yeager
I have long been a proponent of a guest-worker program between the United States and Mexico, and in particular I have proposed that Arizona would… — Janet Napolitano
Fighter pilot is an attitude. It is cockiness. It is aggressiveness. It is self-confidence. It is a streak of rebelliousness, and it is competitiveness. But… — Robin Olds
I read a comment [about me] on YouTube that I thought would upset me â€” â€˜Test pilot for piesâ€™ â€” but Iâ€™ve always been a… — Adele
We're just into toys, whether it's motorcycles or race cars or computers. I've got the Palm Pilot right here with me, I've got the world's… — Catherine Bell

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