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Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes

I’ve cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know Picture Quote #1

I shall never ask any pilot to go on a mission that I won’t go on Picture Quote #1

I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through Picture Quote #1

It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live Picture Quote #1

Courage is about doing what you’re afraid to do Picture Quote #1

Some friends are better shots than are casual enemies Picture Quote #1

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Long practise in driving a racing car at a hundred miles an hour or so gives first-class training in control and judging distances at high speed and helps tremendously in getting motor sense, which is rather the feel of your engine than the sound of it, a thing you get through your bones and nerves rather than simply your ears Picture Quote #1

Flying saucers are real. Too many good men have seen them, that don’t have hallucinations Picture Quote #1

The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid. It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live Picture Quote #1

I’ve cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know, and I’ll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me Picture Quote #1

The biggest lesson I’ve learned . . . was that if you have all the fresh water you want to drink and all the food you want to eat, you ought never to complain about anything Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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The better I shoot, the less I have to maneuver Picture Quote #1

Fighting in the air is not sport. It is scientific murder Picture Quote #1

Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible Picture Quote #1

I can see that aerial warfare is actually scientific murder Picture Quote #1

I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars Picture Quote #1

The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down Picture Quote #1

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If a thing is old, it is a sign that it is fit to live. The guarantee of continuity is quality Picture Quote #1

The biggest lesson I’ve learned... was that if you have all the fresh water you want to drink and all the food you want to eat, you ought never to complain about anything Picture Quote #1

I don’t care what you cover the seats with as long as you cover them with assholes Picture Quote #1

The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business in to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down. His trained hand and eye and judgment are as much a part of his armament as his machinegun, and a fiftyfifty chance is the worst he will take or should take except where the show is of the kind that... justifies the sacrifice of plane or pilot Picture Quote #1

The smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. Selfdistrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his protracted existence Picture Quote #1

Flying saucers are real. Too many good men have seen them, that don’t have hallucinations Picture Quote #1

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In this business, you find the enemy, then go after and destroy him. Everything else is rubbish! Picture Quote #1

There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one’s squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to a pilot than the applause of the whole outside world Picture Quote #1

I believe that if you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you will hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience. This is the sure way to win victories over inner defeat. It is the way a humble person meets life or death Picture Quote #1

Within the next few decades, autos will have folding wings that can be spread when on a straight stretch of road so that the machine can take to the air Picture Quote #1

Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievement Picture Quote #1

If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. The guarantee of continuity is quality Picture Quote #1

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I’ve cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) I shall never ask any pilot to go on a mission that I won’t go on (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live. (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) Courage is about doing what you’re afraid to do (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) Some friends are better shots than are casual enemies (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) Long practise in driving a racing car at a hundred miles an hour or so gives first-class training in control and judging distances at high speed and helps tremendously in getting motor sense, which is rather the feel of your engine than the sound of it, a thing you get through your bones and nerves rather than simply your ears. (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) Flying saucers are real. Too many good men have seen them, that don’t have hallucinations. (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) The sensation of dying is sweet, sensuous, placid. It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live. (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) I’ve cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know, and I’ll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me. (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) The biggest lesson I’ve learned . . . was that if you have all the fresh water you want to drink and all the food you want to eat, you ought never to complain about anything. (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) 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 (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) The better I shoot, the less I have to maneuver (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) Fighting in the air is not sport. It is scientific murder (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) I can see that aerial warfare is actually scientific murder (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) If a thing is old, it is a sign that it is fit to live. The guarantee of continuity is quality (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) The biggest lesson I’ve learned... was that if you have all the fresh water you want to drink and all the food you want to eat, you ought never to complain about anything (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) I don’t care what you cover the seats with as long as you cover them with assholes (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business in to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down. His trained hand and eye and judgment are as much a part of his armament as his machinegun, and a fiftyfifty chance is the worst he will take or should take except where the show is of the kind that... justifies the sacrifice of plane or pilot (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) The smallest amount of vanity is fatal in aeroplane fighting. Selfdistrust rather is the quality to which many a pilot owes his protracted existence (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) Flying saucers are real. Too many good men have seen them, that don’t have hallucinations (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) In this business, you find the enemy, then go after and destroy him. Everything else is rubbish! (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) There is a peculiar gratification in receiving congratulations from one’s squadron for a victory in the air. It is worth more to a pilot than the applause of the whole outside world (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) I believe that if you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you will hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience. This is the sure way to win victories over inner defeat. It is the way a humble person meets life or death (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) Within the next few decades, autos will have folding wings that can be spread when on a straight stretch of road so that the machine can take to the air (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life become more secure, more fraught with action, richer in experience and achievement (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes) If a thing is old, it is a sign that it was fit to live. The guarantee of continuity is quality (Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes)