"Flying is one of the safest jobs in……" — Eddie Rickenbacker
"Flying is one of the safest jobs in the Army as long as you don't drop out. If you do drop out, you are a dead man, and dropping out means, usually, that you have made a mistake or let go of your grip."
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Eddie Rickenbacker
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36 Quotes by Eddie Rickenbacker
Eddie Rickenbacker has 36 quotes on this site.
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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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And I have yet to find one single individual who has attained conspicuous success in bringing down enemy aeroplanes who…
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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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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but…
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You never find yourself until you face the truth.
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Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.
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Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of…
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Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.
— Alexander Graham Bell
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Back in Chicago, all we cared about was rock 'n' roll and staying out of the army.
— John Belushi
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I like army boots, I like peasant skirts - sometimes together! So I do know that I have odd taste.
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
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My dad was in the Army. The Army's not great pay, but, you know, we moved from Army patch to…
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Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
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