Boyington Pappy Quotes & Sayings

The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people. -Benito Mussolini (Chuck Palahniuk - Pygmy) — Benito Mussolini

By dying young, a man stays young forever in people's memory. If he burns brightly before he dies, his light shines for all time. In his musings during the past few weeks Vadim had discovered an important and at first glance paradoxical point: a man of talent can understand and accept death more easily than a man with none - yet the former has more to lose. A man of no talent craves long life, yet Epicurus had once observed that a fool, if offered eternity, would not know what to do with it. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

While I support immigration regulated through a legal framework, I do not support rewarding those who broke the law to get here. — Kit Bond

It's no mystery, Just look at the history, Brave and valiant, strong and true, The victors wear royal blue! — L.R.W. Lee

I had to learn how to drive a cement truck because there is a whole car chase with cement trucks, so I had to learn how to drive a cement truck. I don't like these things, but I'm not an idiot. I can do it. — Christoph Waltz

Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror. — Pappy Boyington

Feel free to follow your own path while I follow mine. — Marty Rubin

If we put aside the practicality, we may find our wishes to be very innocent. — Anuradha Bhattacharyya

I thought for a long time that I was going to be a pop artist. It was around 18-19 that I started to make that a reality. I just knew that this was my destiny. — Marina And The Diamonds

Here at the house, I've been decorating it and getting it organized. My best friend moved in in October so I've been getting her settled. She's my personal assistant now. — Picabo Street

I truly believe that capitalism was created to help people live better lives, but sadly over the years it has lost its way a bit. The short-term focus on profit has driven most businesses to forget about the important long-term role they have in taking care of people and the planet. — Richard Branson

Today I am loving and kind to myself and others. — Louise Hay

Months of preparation, one of those few opportunities, and the judgment of a split second are what makes some pilot an ace, while others think back on what they could have done. — Pappy Boyington

I think that old magic draws much of its strength from that acknowledgment: that we are a part of that world. — Robin Hobb

The air battle is not necessarily won at the time of the battle. The winner may have been determined by the amount of time, energy, thought and training an individual has previously accomplished in an effort to increase his ability as a fighter pilot. — Pappy Boyington

I'd been labelled a goth, an emo, a druggie, a loser, and my personal favorite only because it showed just how ignorant people were: a freak. — Nicole Williams

I am a very simple man. I am a man first, an artist second. My first obligation is to the welfare of my fellow man. I will endeavour to meet this obligation through music, since it transcends language, politics and national boundaries. — Pablo Casals