Oswald Boelcke Quotes

#1. In any form of attack it is essential to assail your opponent from behind.

Oswald Boelcke

#2. No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution; the only wrong is what is against it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#3. If your opponent dives on you, do not try to evade his onslaught, but fly to meet it.

Oswald Boelcke

#4. In reality, we haven't escaped the gravity of life at all. We are still beholden to ecological laws, the same as any other life-form.

Janine Benyus

#5. The energy of the Soul (Atma) is such that it will give you all the solution for how to behave every time in any situation. And what is more, you will not forget it, after the Self [Soul] has been realized.

Dada Bhagwan

#6. I fly close to my man, aim well and then of course he falls down.

Oswald Boelcke

#7. I don't think I am especially interested in celebrities, but I love talking about what is going on with people and why they do what they do.

Ben Whishaw

#8. Always keep your eye on your opponent, and never let yourself be deceived by ruses.

Oswald Boelcke

#9. Women have a very good sense for seeing instantly what constitutes a good man. Not physically. The physical strength is only a small side of it.

Werner Herzog

#10. Try to secure advantages before attacking. If possible, keep the sun behind you.

Oswald Boelcke

#11. Poetry is a kind of magic that very few can create and even fewer can truly understand and appreciate in all its glory.

Dennis Gabor

#12. There has never been a boy painter, nor can there be. The art requires a long apprenticeship, being mechanical, as well as intellectual.

John Constable

#13. Perhaps it was the way he'd look at me and smile,
Perhaps it was the sound of his voice after being utterly defeated,
Perhaps it was the warmth of his touch,
Perhaps I've always been in love with you

Tanzy Sayadi

#14. Fire only at close range, and only when your opponent is properly in your sights.

Oswald Boelcke

#15. Always carry through an attack when you have started it.

Oswald Boelcke

#16. When over the enemy's lines never forget your own line of retreat.

Oswald Boelcke

#17. For the Staffel: attack on principle in groups of four or six. When the fight breaks up into a series of single combats, take care that several do not go for one opponent.

Oswald Boelcke