Spaatz Quotes

#1. When the Allies bombed the Italians on the island of Pantelleria in June, 1943, General Spaatz, of the United States Air Corps, concluded that bombing can reduce to the point of surrender any first-class nation now in existence, within six months.

Paul Fussell

#2. The first and absolute requirement of strategic air power in this war was control of the air in order to carry out sustained operations without prohibitive losses.

Carl Andrew Spaatz

#3. If we succeeded, we will have the primary satisfaction of ending the war

Carl Andrew Spaatz

#4. Life is a rush into the unknown. You can duck down & hope nothing hits you, Or stand as tall as you can, show it your teeth & say: "Dish it up, baby, and don't be stingy with the jalapenos." - must be female ;-)

Grey Owl

#5. My mom has always been kind of my backbone. She keeps me strong. She is a mother, a friend. She is really everything to me.

Aerin Lauder

#6. Make no mistake: Bob Ritchie's up early in the morning taking pictures of his son on the first day of his senior year. Kid Rock is passed out in a hotel room somewhere with four scantily-clad women.

Kid Rock

#7. I write garbage and people buy it

Michael Pease

#8. Stupidity well packaged can sound like wisdom.

Burton Malkiel

#9. Air control can be established by superiority in numbers, by better employment, by better equipment, or by a combination of these factors.

Carl Andrew Spaatz

#10. In our victory over Japan, airpower was unquestionably decisive. That the planned invasion of the Japanese Home islands was unnecessary is clear evidence that airpower has evolved into a force in war co-equal with land and sea power, decisive in its own right and worthy of the faith of its prophets.

Carl Andrew Spaatz

#11. Inspiration in matters of taste will not come twice.

Andre Maurois

#12. When in doubt do the right thing!

Carl Andrew Spaatz