Howard Hughes
Aviator, Businessman
"I intend to be the greatest golfer in the world, the finest film producer in Hollywood, the greatest pilot in the world, and the richest man in the world."
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Pilots
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Hanoi Hannah
Radio Broadcaster
"We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"Beauty is the pilot of the young soul."
Charlie Munger
Investor, Businessman
"No wise pilot, no matter how great his talent and experience, fails to use his checklist."
Bruce Dickinson
Musician, Author, Pilot
"I never intended to become a professional pilot. But, as I became more curious about aircraft, and, well, not being John Travolta, I realized that the only way I was ever going to fly a jet is if I got a job."
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"When I was training to be a pilot, there was a large section in the book on how to drop mail from the plane."
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"The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants."
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"Those who are enamoured of practice without science are like a pilot who goes into a ship without rudder or compass and never has any certainty of where he is going. Practice should always be based upon a sound knowledge of theory."
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"I sort of see [cannabis] as the pilot light of Gian consciousness."
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"You learn to know a pilot in a storm."
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"A purely psychological explanation is ruled out... the discs show signs of intelligent guidance, by quasi-human pilots."
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"The great pilot can sail even when his canvass is rent."
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"Even the ablest pilots are willing to receive advice from passengers in tempestuous weather."
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"The pilot cannot mitigate the billows or calm the winds."
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"Should you fail to pilot your own ship, don't be surprised at what inappropriate port you find yourself docked."
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"You had to come back to learn how to lose yourself, to be pilot and stray-witch, Hansel and Gretel in one."
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"If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage."
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"I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall."
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"I've done 10 or 11 pilots for network television, which is ridiculous."
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"I'd most likely be a helicopter pilot, or I'd own a really cool surf hotel somewhere on a beach."
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"Yes... well, I used to have a pilot's license."
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"Well, I'm about to do another western, a pilot for HBO this fall."
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"During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return."
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"I don't know why I am internally a violent person. I don't have the normal nerve endings most people do, which was very good for me as a pilot in Viet Nam. When most people are afraid, I'm actually quite excited about things. The more dangerous something is, the happier I am."
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"The true exceptional performer is on super pilot. Every single sense, every fiber of his body is brought together in what he is doing."
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