Russian Pilot Quotes & Sayings

Taran. We go down fighting. — Elizabeth Wein

Enjoy your life and put a smile on your face, no matter how hard it may seem. — Leighton Meester

Music, art, and literature are inseparable for me. How does "composition" evolve in a music and art context? It's a question we can never answer: it only asks for more information and generates more questions. — DJ Spooky

Was apadravya a foreign word for drive you fucking mad with pleasure? — Jessica Clare

He had the effect on her of a window being thrown open and fresh air and sunlight being let in — Elizabeth Von Arnim

In fact, the very nature of an X-event is that it is both rare and surprising. So I would not say that any specific X-event is likely. What I would say, though, is that some X-event is not only plausible, but very likely in a time scale of a few years. — John L. Casti

The soil is actually the greatest technology we have for adapting to climate change. And I feel it's our generation's duty to build it back up. — Jason Mraz

Talk about impersonating an identity, about locking into a role, about irony; I went to cover the war and the war covered me; an old story, unless of course you've never heard it. — Michael Herr

The critical thing about the design process is to identify your scarcest resource. Despite what you may think, that very often is not money. For example, in a NASA moon shot, money is abundant but lightness is scarce; every ounce of weight requires tons of material below. On the design of a beach vacation home, the limitation may be your ocean-front footage. You have to make sure your whole team understands what scarce resource you're optimizing. — Fred Brooks

What is the difference between the Marine Corps and the Boy Scouts?
The Boy Scouts have adult leadership. — Michael Herr

I'm rarely in a situation where, if you have a good idea, it's not embraced. That's stupid. And I don't work with stupid people. — Richard Gere

Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments. — Andrew Jackson

As one veteran Russian pilot dryly told me:We have to be very careful flying in the clouds. Around here they are full of rocks. — Alan Hinkes