"Though my stabilization chute opens at 96,000 feet, I accelerate for 6,000 feet more before hitting a peak of 614 miles an hour, nine-tenths the speed of sound at my altitude."

-- Joseph Kittinger

#Feet Quotes #Sound Quotes #Hitting Quotes

“Never is a promise, and you can't afford to lie.”
“A thousand pieces of gold may hardly bring a moment's happiness, but a small favor can cause a lifetime's gratitude. Too much love can turn to enmity, while aloofness can produce joy.”
“Ryan Gosling. He was a good kid, good actor. I like him very much. What was the name of the movie? I've forgotten it. Fracture.”
“Not surprisingly, the insurance lobby recoils in horror at the prospect of automatic coverage ( including, when it was first proposed, Social Security), no matter how efficient it may be. Automatic coverage eliminates sales commissions and profit.”
“I force myself to care about the music end by wrestling with it for years.”
“There is no God', the wicked saith, 'And truly it's a blessing, For what he might have done with us It's better only guessing.”

Source : 'Dipsychus' (1865) sc. 6
“Paint goes a long way in making old look like new.”
“There is no religious or any kind of a gender that should separate you from any religious ideas.”

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