Airman Quotes

“A pity to survive night flights over St. Georges Channel only to crack my skull falling from a ladder.”

“A pity to survive night flights over St. Georges Channel only to crack my skull falling from a ladder.”

“An Irish Airman foresees his DeathI Know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above; Those that I fight I do not hate Those that I guard I do not love, My country is Kiltartan Cross,My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor, No likely end could bring them loss Or leave them happier than before. Nor law, nor duty bade me fight, Nor public man, nor cheering crowds, A lonely impulse of delight Drove to this tumult in the clouds; I balanced all, brought all to mind, The years to come seemed waste of breath,A waste of breath the years behind In balance with this life, this death.”

“We regard God as an airman regards his parachute”

“All we can hope for is that he will fall into the ocean with a bar of soap in his pocket.”

“Today he became a killer, or else a corpse.”

“Are you an angel or a devil, sir? I need to know. Are you taking me up or down?”

“A monkey glances up and sees a banana, and that's as far as he looks. A visionary looks up and sees the moon.”

“Conor, I could search the world for another swashbuckling scientist, but I doubt if I would find one like you.”

“He had seen bigger men than he with mummy's handkerchief clutched in on hand and a bloody dagger in the other.”

“Other men look up and down, left and right; but men like us are different. We are visionaries.”