Jacqueline Cochran famous quotes
50 minutes ago
-
Earthbound souls know only the underside of the atmosphere in which they live . . . but go higher - above the dust and water vapor - and the sky turns dark until one can see the stars at noon.
-- Jacqueline Cochran -
I might have been born in a hovel, but I determined to travel with the wind and the stars.
-- Jacqueline Cochran -
I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind and spirit.
-- Jacqueline Cochran -
It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death.
-- Jacqueline Cochran -
Capacity never lacks opportunity. It cannot remain undiscovered because it is sought by too many anxious to use it.
-- Jacqueline Cochran -
To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death.
-- Jacqueline Cochran -
I'd have given my right eye to be an astronaut.
-- Jacqueline Cochran -
I can cure your men of walking off the [flight] program. Let's put on the girls.
-- Jacqueline Cochran -
I wanted to go higher than Rockefeller Center, which was being erected across the street from Saks Fifth Avenue and was going to cut off my view of the sky. . . . Flying got into my soul instantly but the answer as to why must be found somewhere back in the mystic maze of my birth and childhood and the circumstances of my earlier life. Whatever I am is elemental and the beginnings of it all have their roots in Sawdust Road. I might have been born in a hovel, but I determined to travel with the wind and stars.
-- Jacqueline Cochran -
[A difficult childhood gave me] a kind of cocky confidence. ... I could never have so little that I hadn't had less. It took away my fear.
-- Jacqueline Cochran
You may also like:
-
Alexander P. de Seversky
Aviator -
Amelia Earhart
Aviator -
Amy Johnson
Aviator -
Bessie Coleman
Aviator -
Bob Hoover
Airshow pilot -
Charles Lindbergh
Aviator -
Chuck Yeager
Test pilot -
Eileen Collins
Astronaut -
Hanna Reitsch
Pilot -
Harriet Quimby
Aviator -
Jean Batten
Aviator -
Jimmy Doolittle
Officer commanding -
John Glenn
Former United States Senator -
Katherine Stinson
Flier -
Louise Thaden
Aviator -
Pancho Barnes
Aviator -
Raymonde de Laroche
Pilot -
Sally Ride
Physicist