Thread: Quotes: Post Your Favorites

WISDOM - FROM THE MILITARY MANUALS-------------

'If the enemy is in range, so are you.'
- Infantry Journal
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'It is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.'
- US. Air Force Manual
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'Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.'
- General Mac Arthur
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'You, you, and you ... Panic. The rest of you, come with me.'
- U.S. Marine Corp Gunnery Sgt.
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'Tracers work both ways.'
- U.S. Army Ordnance
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'Five second fuses only last three seconds.'
- Infantry Journal
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'Any ship can be a minesweeper. Once.'
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'Never tell the Platoon Sergeant you have nothing to do'
- Unknown Marine Recruit
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'If you see a bomb technician running, try to keep up with him.'
- USAF Ammo Troop
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'Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death , I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 50,000 Feet and Climbing.'
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'You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.'
- Paul F. Crickmore (test pilot)
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'The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.'
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'If the wings are traveling faster than the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter -- and therefore, unsafe.'
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'When one engine fails on a twin-engine airplane you always have enough power left to get you to the scene of the crash.'
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'Even with ammunition, the U.S. Air Force is just another expensive flying club.'
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'What is the similarity between air traffic controllers and pilots?
If a pilot screws up, the pilot dies;
If ATC screws up, .... The pilot dies.'
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'Never trade luck for skill.'
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The three most common expressions (or famous last words),
in aviation are:
'Why is it doing that?'
'Where are we?'
And ...
'Oh S...!'
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'Airspeed, altitude and brains. Two are always needed to successfully complete the flight.'
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'Mankind has a perfect record in aviation;
we have never left one up there!'
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'Flying the airplane is more important than radioing your plight to a person on the ground incapable of understanding
or doing anything about it.'
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'The Piper Cub is the safest airplane in the world;
it can just barely kill you.'
- Attributed to Max Stanley (Northrop test pilot)
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Airman, maintain thy air speed, lest the earth rise up and smite you!
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'There is no reason to fly through a thunderstorm in peacetime.'
Sign over the Squadron Ops. Desk at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, 1970
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'If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.'
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'You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it
takes full power to taxi to the terminal.'
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As the test pilot climbs out of the experimental aircraft, having torn off the wings and tail in the crash landing, the crash truck arrives; the rescuer sees a bloodied pilot and asks, 'What happened?'
The pilot's reply: 'I don't know, I just got here myself!'
- Attributed to Ray Crandell (Lockheed test pilot)
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LOL, thanks SPAF, good to see you post again. I can relate to several of the above. Done my fair share of air time in one of those flying eggbeaters, experienced too-close-for comfort incidents multiple times, self or other related ops nearby, involving people I knew. First year out of college learned aircraft crashes leading COD in my profession. Never forgot. I don't go up for cheap thrills/any excuse any more, only as necessary for the job.

My pop use to say "Do as I say, not as I do". Funny, I've thrown that one out to my son as well. It's one of those sayings that gets handed down to each generation.

My all time favorite quote is "Remember this, I've taught you everything you know, but not everything that I know".

Measure twice; cut once.

I'm not moving, let it burn.

Due to recent budget cuts and the rising cost of electricity, gas and oil, as well as current market conditions, the Light at the End of the Tunnel has been turned off.

Some of my favorite yogisms:

"You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I'm not hungry enough to eat six."

"It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much".

"A nickle isn't worth a dime today".

"Nobody goes there anymore; it's too crowed".

"If you come to a fork in the road, take it".

"90% of the putts that are short don't go in".

"Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel."

Retirement means half as much money - and twice as much spouse.

"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out
of other people's money."
—Margaret Thatcher

Not the wed one, don't EVER touch the wed one? - Daffy Duck

Time is the only non-renewable resource. Knowledge is the only sustainable competitive advantage.