"There is just no way that I can……" — Frank Borman
"There is just no way that I can understand in God's green earth that an airline could undertake with its normal procedures the operation of the Space Shuttle. . . . You don't put parachutes on airliners because the margin of safety is built into the machine. The 727 airplanes we fly are proven vehicles with levels of safety and redundancy built in. The shuttle is a hand-made piece of experimental gear."
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14 Quotes by Frank Borman
Frank Borman has 14 quotes on this site.
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Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell.
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Give us, O God, the vision which can see Your love in the world in spite of human failure. Give…
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The view of the Earth from the Moon fascinated me -- a small disk, 240,000 miles away. . . .…
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And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless…
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A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill.
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I think the one overwhelming emotion that we had was when we saw the earth rising in the distance over…
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[The Moon] was a sobering sight, but it didn't have the impact on me, at least, as the view of…
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It's a vast, lonely, forbidding expanse of nothing rather like clouds and clouds of pumice stone. And it certainly does…
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There has always been a certain romanticism associated with the airline business. We must avoid its perpetuation at Eastern at…
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Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.
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We have to earn our Wings every day.
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The more we learn about the wonders of our universe, the more clearly we are going to perceive the hand…
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This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest…
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I've spent my life as an airplane mechanic, pilot, aircraft manufacturer and airline CEO who never lost a life or…
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This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we don't subsidize, we…
— Joe Biden
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I've got stuff about airline mergers, which just shows that my stand-up is getting more insane by the minute.
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I do not have a merchandise line. I don't sell knives or apparel. Though I have been approached to endorse…
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If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.
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Unless they can immediately demonstrate a credible fear of persecution, why shouldn't these people be returned at once to the…
— Ed Koch
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Can a physicist visualize an electron? The electron is materially inconceivable and yet, it is so perfectly known through its…
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The greatest threat now is a 9/11 occurring with a group of terrorists armed not with airline tickets and box…
— Dick Cheney
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I have to say that flying on Air Force One sort of spoils you for coach on a regular airline.
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