James Ira Thomas Jones famous quotes

It is wonderful how cheered a pilot becomes after he shoots down his first machine; his morale increases by at least 100 percent.
-- James Ira Thomas Jones

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My habit of attacking Huns dangling from their parachutes led to many arguments in the mess. Some officers, of the Eton and Sandhurst type, thought it was 'unsportsmanlike' to do it. Never having been to a public school, I was unhampered by such considerations of form. I just pointed out that there was a bloody war on, and that I intended to avenge my pals.
-- James Ira Thomas Jones

#War #School #Pals

A man provided with paper, pencil, and rubber, and subject to strict discipline, is in effect a universal machine.

Machines take me by surprise with great frequency.

Without risk in our lives, we're scarcely better than machines ourselves.

I don't know if Jerry Lawler got here in a plane, or a time machine.

But when I was selected, after my very first tour of squadron duty, to become one of the youngest candidates for the test pilot school, I began to realize, maybe you are a little bit better.

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.

What do I tell the pilots to do?

If at first you don't succeed/You can dust it off and try again/Dust yourself off and try again.

The man who pauses on the paths of treason, Halts on a quicksand, the first step engulfs him.

Beginning with the first bite, and for every bite after, that try to chew ten times.