“The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His bu...” — Eddie Rickenbacker Quote

“The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down.”

“Flying is one of the safest jobs in the Army as long as you don't drop out. If you do drop out, you are a dead man, and dropping out means, usually, that you have made a mistake or let go of your grip.”

“I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me.”

“The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not.”

“Modern science, then, so far from being an enemy of romance, is seen on every hand to be its sympathetic and resourceful friend, its swift and irresistible helper in its serious need, and an indulgent minister to its lighter fancies.”

“The cortex is the enemy.”