Eddie Rickenbacker Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Fighting in the air is not a sport. It is scientific murder.”

“I shall never ask any pilot to go on a mission that I won't go on.”

“I've cheated the Grim Reaper more times than anyone I know.”

“The excitement of automobile racing did not compare with what I knew must come with aeroplane fighting in France.”

“Flying is one of the safest jobs in the Army as long as you don't drop out. If you do drop out, you are a dead man, and dropping out means, usually, that you have made a mistake or let go of your grip.”

“Long practise in driving a racing car at a hundred miles an hour or so gives first-class training in control and judging distances at high speed and helps tremendously in getting motor sense, which is rather the feel of your engine than the sound of it, a thing you get through your bones and nerves rather than simply your ears.”

“Never count on the crowd to take care of you.”

“I'll fight like a wildcat until they nail the lid of my pine box down on me.”

“I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.”

“Some friends are better shots than are casual enemies.”