Skyjacking Quotes & Sayings

Now, as there is an infinity of possible universes in the Ideas of God, and as only one of them can exist, there must be a sufficient reason for God's choice, which determines him toward one rather than another. And this reason can be found only in the fitness, or the degrees of perfection, that these worlds contain, since each possible thing has the right to claim existence in proportion to the perfection it involves. — Gottfried Leibniz

In the early years of America's skyjacking epidemic, the airlines were reluctant to let the FBI attempt to end hijackings by force; they feared that innocents would get caught in the crossfire, thereby sparking a wave of negative publicity. — Brendan I. Koerner

The most charming young man in the world is instantly before the imagination of us all. — Jane Austen

Ignorance is learned; innocence is forgotten. — Jose Bergamin

My life is one long daily, hourly record of answered prayer. For physical health, for mental overstrain, for guidance given marvelously, for errors and dangers averted, for enmity to the Gospel subdued, for food provided at the exact hour needed, for everything that goes to make up life and my poor service. I can testify, with a full and often wonder-stricken awe, that I believe God answers prayer. — Mary Slessor

In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Choose your customers. Fire the ones that hurt your ability to deliver the right story to the others. — Seth

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities. — Samuel Johnson

Four days alone with nothing. Emerge empowered. The first human face you see will knock you back 50%. — Charles Bukowski

The first outbreak of America's 11-year skyjacking epidemic occurred in the summer of 1961, when four planes were seized in the nation's airspace. The last of these incidents, involving 16-year-old Cody Bearden and his father, Leon, is the one that finally forced the federal government to pay attention to the escalating crisis. — Brendan I. Koerner

For something to be forbidden, Leila, someone must make it forbidden. Ask why. Always ask yourself why. — Alex Stargazer

AND God created the whole universe from an atom no bigger than a thought ... — Lauren Oliver

He smiled, the kind of smile that denotes private happiness, the kind where you have nothing to prove. — Jojo Moyes

Meditation is not a means to an end. Meditation is simply being who you are. Meditation is the rigorous refusal to identify yourself with who you are not. — Yogi Kanna