Hugo Eckener famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • If I were dropped out of a plane into the ocean and told the nearest land was a thousand miles away, I'd still swim. And I'd despise the one who gave up.

  • Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form.

  • It struck me then how much the past - not just the past but history and family - was like the ocean tide. It was always the same ocean, but the waves made it fresh and new each time.

  • Animals in general have always been my passion, project, crusade - whatever you want to call it! The ocean is such a huge, beautiful thing that I feel like we all take for granted.

  • My biggest concern is always the students who are working toward a certain career - when they limit themselves to just that one option. They need to know that the world is huge - it's an ocean, and there are so many options. It's not the end of the world if they don't get to pursue an apparent childhood dream.

  • Haters are a drop in the ocean. Theres that much more love

  • I do not think that a flight across the Atlantic will be made in our time, and in our time I include the youngest readers.

  • There are no practical alternatives to air transportation.

  • If the facts are contrary to any predictions, then the hypothesis is wrong no matter how appealing.

  • Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.