Pilot Mechanic Quotes & Sayings

There can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society. — Warren E. Burger

I am not optimistic or pessimistic. I feel that optimism and pessimism are very unbalanced. I am a very hard engineer. I am a mechanic. I am a sailor. I am an air pilot. I don't tell people I can get you across the ocean with my ship unless I know what I'm talking about. — R. Buckminster Fuller

I never yet did hear, That the bruis'd heart was pierced through the ear — William Shakespeare

I don't like my parents; I never will. I didn't cry at either of their funerals. I haven't missed them for five seconds. I didn't - you know, our characters were so at odds with one another right from the beginning. But I do understand them now as human beings, with the understanding of an adult. — David Small

Let your inner queen's voice come through loud and clear. Be strong, be authentic, be you, and you'll do her proud. — Queen Latifah

But the biggest clue seemed to be their expressions. They were hard to explain. Good-natured, friendly, easygoing ... and uninvolved. They were like spectators. You had the feeling they had just wandered in there themselves and somebody had handed them a wrench. There was no identification with the job. No saying, "I am a mechanic." At 5 P.M. or whenever their eight hours were in, you knew they would cut it off and not have another thought about their work. They were already trying not to have any thoughts about their work on the job. — Robert M. Pirsig

The things that'll make you fail I'll love always. — F Scott Fitzgerald

It had ever, as I told the reader, been one of the singular blessings of my life, to be almost every hour of it miserably in love with some one ... — Laurence Sterne

I've spent my life as an airplane mechanic, pilot, aircraft manufacturer and airline CEO who never lost a life or an airplane. I am considerate of the risk we take every time we fly. I also know we need to fly and always to improve safety. — Gordon Bethune

Reading is socially accepted disassociation. You flip a switch and you're not there anymore. It's better than heroin. More effective and cheaper and legal. — Mary Karr

He who weds the spirit of the times quickly becomes a widower. — G.K. Chesterton

The path to survival was to never give up on the small things. — Richard Flanagan

The region of the mysterious is rapidly shrinking. — John Desmond Bernal

According to Wesley, God's grace is like a seed planted in human beings. It is the power that leads them to seek God (prevenient grace); it is the power that saves them from sin (justifying grace); and it is the power that leads them to perfection (sanctifying grace). — H. Newton Malony

I am equal to a baby and to a hundred year old lady. I am equal to an airline pilot and a car mechanic. I am equal to you. You are equal to me. It's that universal.
Except that it's not. — A.S. King

Whatever he'd once felt for Cinder - or thought he'd felt for her - was over. — Marissa Meyer

Funny how we take it for granted that we know all there is to know about another person, just because we see them frequently or because of some strong emotional tie. — Robert Bloch