Albert Scott Crossfield famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • You know, being a test pilot isn't always the healthiest business in the world.

  • I'm going to write a whole pilot and see if anyone's interested, and if not then I'll just live out the tortured life instead of showing it on TV.

  • Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature.

  • What the history of aviation has brought in the 20th century should inspire us to be inventors and explorers ourselves in the new century.

  • Strive for simplicity. You never have to fix what you leave out.

  • The J3 Cub is the safest airplane in the world; it can just barely kill you.

  • Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.

  • Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.

  • People who get Nobel prizes aren't necessarily the most imaginative of people. People who sometimes find a system, develop a system, do very useful work.

  • We're enamored with the concept that there's always a price. But sometimes, your goal is to build a great company, not sell it.