Spaatz Quotes & Sayings

When the Allies bombed the Italians on the island of Pantelleria in June, 1943, General Spaatz, of the United States Air Corps, concluded that bombing can reduce to the point of surrender any first-class nation now in existence, within six months. — Paul Fussell

When in doubt do the right thing! — Carl Andrew Spaatz

The very serpents bite their tails; the bees forget to sting, For a language so celestial setteth up a wondering. And the touch of absent mindedness is more than any line, Since direction counts for nothing when the gods set up a sign. — Nathalia Crane

Everyone should keep a dream journal, did you know that? — Sophie Kinsella

In our victory over Japan, airpower was unquestionably decisive. That the planned invasion of the Japanese Home islands was unnecessary is clear evidence that airpower has evolved into a force in war co-equal with land and sea power, decisive in its own right and worthy of the faith of its prophets. — Carl Andrew Spaatz

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned — Benjamin Franklin

White is associated with purity because the entire spectrum is functioning in unity. White is a healing color. White is appropriate for weddings because the unity of male and female symbolizes the unity of allness. — Tae Yun Kim

One thing worse than an America that is too strong, the world will learn, is an America that is too weak. — Michael Mandelbaum

Air control can be established by superiority in numbers, by better employment, by better equipment, or by a combination of these factors. — Carl Andrew Spaatz

Yes, it was a "beautiful" sermon, tugging the emotions and conjuring up pictures of greatness and peace. But were they talking about the decent peppery ordinary old man he knew, or had the subject strayed to the story of some saint of the past? Or were there perhaps two men being buried under the same name? One perhaps had shown himself to Ross, while the other had been reserved for the view of men like William-Alfred. Ross tried to remember Charles before he was ill, Charles with his love of cockfighting and his hearty appetite, with his perpetual flatulence and passion for gin, with his occasional generosities and meannesses and faults and virtues, like most men. There was some mistake somewhere. Oh well, this was a special occasion...But Charles himself would surely have been amused. Or would he have shed a tear with the rest for the manner of man who had passed away? — Winston Graham

If we succeeded, we will have the primary satisfaction of ending the war — Carl Andrew Spaatz

The first and absolute requirement of strategic air power in this war was control of the air in order to carry out sustained operations without prohibitive losses. — Carl Andrew Spaatz

There is a capacity of virtue in us, and there is a capacity of vice to make your blood creep. — Ralph Waldo Emerson