"And I have yet to find one single……" — Eddie Rickenbacker
"And I have yet to find one single individual who has attained conspicuous success in bringing down enemy aeroplanes who can be said to be spoiled either by his successes or by the generous congratulations of his comrades. If he were capable of being spoiled he would not have had the character to have won continuous victories, for the smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. Self-distrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his protracted existence."
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Eddie Rickenbacker
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36 Quotes by Eddie Rickenbacker
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There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one's squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth…
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In this business, you find the enemy, then go after and destroy him. Everything else is rubbish!
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Flying saucers are real. Too many good men have seen them, that don't have hallucinations.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: "Think things through - then follow through."
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Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.
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Within the next few decades, autos will have folding wings that can be spread when on a straight stretch of…
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If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. Old families, old customs, old…
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I pay those guys to fly, so let them fly. I'll be damned if I'll pay them to just sit…
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The smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. Selfdistrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot…
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The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business in to shoot down enemy planes, not to get…
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I don't care what you cover the seats with as long as you cover them with assholes.
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The biggest lesson I've learned . . . was that if you have all the fresh water you want to…
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The aeroplane will never fly.
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Radio has no future." "X-rays are clearly a hoax". "The aeroplane is scientifically impossible.
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The engine is the heart of an aeroplane, but the pilot is its soul.
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— Unknown Author
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Before I went to the Mess I made the excuse I wanted to get something out of my aeroplane, and…
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If it has four legs and is not a chair, has wings and is not an aeroplane, or swims and…
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In people's eyes, in the swing, tramp, and trudge; in the bellow and uproar; the carriages, motor cars, omnibuses, vans,…
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The aeroplane should open a fruitful occupation for women. I see no reason they cannot realize handsome incomes by carrying…
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