Chief Test Pilot Quotes

#1. At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation.

Igor Sikorsky

#2. What interests me, ... is why people are so repelled when, after all, everyone started life attached. In a sense, the twins have never been born because they are still tied by an umbilical cord. Relationships between women - daughters, mothers, friends - are one of my strong interests.

Judith Perelman Rossner

#3. Had I forgotten how to cry? Was that possible? In order to survive, I had long since buried my emotions.

Dwight Edgar Abbott

#4. If anyone would tell you the shortest, surest way to all happiness and all perfection, he must tell you to make a rule to yourself to thank and praise God for everything that happens to you.

William Law

#5. The simpler the pose, the better; the more sober, the more beautiful.

Paulo Coelho

#6. Waking to the truth when it's too late is a terrible thing. I know that very well.

Stephen King

#7. My flower is ephemeral," the little prince said to himself, "and she has only four thorns to defend herself against the world. And I have left her on my planet, all alone!"
That was his first moment of regret. But he took courage once more.

Antoine De Saint-Exupery

#8. Forgive me for feeling so cross and proud towards the unhappy old lady - for

George MacDonald

#9. When you say "Yes" to something, you include something you do want in your experience. When you say "No" to something, you include something you don't want in your experience.

Esther Hicks

#10. The ascension of Jesus was the supreme political event of world history. He ascended not so much

R.C. Sproul

#11. The more the panic grows, the more uplifting the image of a man who refuses to bow to the terror.

Ernst Junger

#12. The power of the state stops at our skins. They can't restrict contraception [or] abortion. They can't take our kidneys. Bodily integrity is a principle.

Gloria Steinem

#13. The cross is going to judge everything in your life: your eating, your drinking, your sleeping, your spending, your talking. Everything is cross-examined!

Leonard Ravenhill

#14. Now then, you of noble mind, who love this profession, come at once to art and accept these precepts: enthusiasm , reverence, obedience, and perseverance. As soon as you can, place yourself under the guidance of a master, and remain with him as long as possible.

Cennino Cennini

#15. I hate to wait. When I want something, I want it now.

Karen Salmansohn

#16. Stretch the bow to the very full, and you will wish you had stopped in time.

Laozi