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Nevil Shute Quotes

There’s no dignity, no decency, or health today for men that haven’t got a job. All other things depend on work today Picture Quote #1

Aircraft do not crash of themselves. They come to grief because men are foolish, or vain, or lazy, or irresolute or reckless. One crash in a thousand may be unavoidable because God wills it so - not more than that Picture Quote #1

I never was in such a horrid office . . . It’s not very nice to be where people are being swindled all day long, is it? Picture Quote #1

Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it’s all over Picture Quote #1

Remember that the Clerget lands very fast, at over forty miles an hour, and with that great engine in the nose the tail was light. Watch it... Lovely Picture Quote #1

To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities Picture Quote #1

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Without work men are utterly undone Picture Quote #1

Maybe we’ve been too silly to deserve a world like this Picture Quote #1

It’s no good going on living in the ashes of a dead happiness Picture Quote #1

The happily married man with a large family is the test pilot for me Picture Quote #1

Some games are fun even when you lose. Even when you know you’re going to lose before you start. It’s fun just playing them Picture Quote #1

Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it’s all over Picture Quote #1

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I never was in such a horrid office... It’s not very nice to be where people are being swindled all day long, is it? Picture Quote #1

You can only do a thing for the first time once, and that goes for falling in love Picture Quote #1

If I have learned one thing in my 54 years, it is that it is very good for the character to engage in sports which put your life in danger from time to time. It breeds a saneness in dealing with day to day trivialities which probably cannot be got in any other way, and a habit of quick decisions Picture Quote #1

Everybody pays lip service to the safety of the aeroplane, but nobody is prepared to pay for it Picture Quote #1

If what they say is right we’re none of us going to have time to do all that we planned to do. But we can keep on doing it as long as we can Picture Quote #1

There’s no dignity, no decency, or health today for men that haven’t got a job. All other things depend on work today Picture Quote #1

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I’m glad we haven’t got newspapers now. It’s been much nicer without them Picture Quote #1

You cannot argue stupidity, you just have to accept it patiently as one of those things Picture Quote #1

It has been said that an engineer is a man who can do for ten shillings what any fool can do for a pound; if that be so, we were certainly engineers Picture Quote #1

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There’s no dignity, no decency, or health today for men that haven’t got a job. All other things depend on work today. (Nevil Shute Quotes) Aircraft do not crash of themselves. They come to grief because men are foolish, or vain, or lazy, or irresolute or reckless. One crash in a thousand may be unavoidable because God wills it so - not more than that. (Nevil Shute Quotes) I never was in such a horrid office . . . It’s not very nice to be where people are being swindled all day long, is it? (Nevil Shute Quotes) Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it’s all over. (Nevil Shute Quotes) Remember that the Clerget lands very fast, at over forty miles an hour, and with that great engine in the nose the tail was light. Watch it... Lovely (Nevil Shute Quotes) To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities (Nevil Shute Quotes) Without work men are utterly undone (Nevil Shute Quotes) Maybe we’ve been too silly to deserve a world like this (Nevil Shute Quotes) It’s no good going on living in the ashes of a dead happiness (Nevil Shute Quotes) The happily married man with a large family is the test pilot for me (Nevil Shute Quotes) Some games are fun even when you lose. Even when you know you’re going to lose before you start. It’s fun just playing them (Nevil Shute Quotes) Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it’s all over (Nevil Shute Quotes) I never was in such a horrid office... It’s not very nice to be where people are being swindled all day long, is it? (Nevil Shute Quotes) You can only do a thing for the first time once, and that goes for falling in love (Nevil Shute Quotes) If I have learned one thing in my 54 years, it is that it is very good for the character to engage in sports which put your life in danger from time to time. It breeds a saneness in dealing with day to day trivialities which probably cannot be got in any other way, and a habit of quick decisions (Nevil Shute Quotes) Everybody pays lip service to the safety of the aeroplane, but nobody is prepared to pay for it (Nevil Shute Quotes) If what they say is right we’re none of us going to have time to do all that we planned to do. But we can keep on doing it as long as we can (Nevil Shute Quotes) There’s no dignity, no decency, or health today for men that haven’t got a job. All other things depend on work today (Nevil Shute Quotes) I’m glad we haven’t got newspapers now. It’s been much nicer without them (Nevil Shute Quotes) You cannot argue stupidity, you just have to accept it patiently as one of those things (Nevil Shute Quotes) It has been said that an engineer is a man who can do for ten shillings what any fool can do for a pound; if that be so, we were certainly engineers (Nevil Shute Quotes)