A lot of people ask me if I were shipwrecked and could only have one book, what would it be? I always say, “How to Build a Boat.”

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"I couldn’t repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."

- Steven Wright

Love

"Light travels quicker than sound. This is why people seem brighter than they actually are."

- Steven Wright

Awareness

"Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak."

- Steven Wright

Awareness

"There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot."

- Steven Wright

Awareness

"When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.'"

- Steven Wright

Self-awareness

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"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."

- Leonardo DaVinci

Inspiration

"Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives."

- Socrates

Inspiration

"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, above all obstacles, on the infinite highway of the air."

- Wilbur Wright

Inspiration

"Sometimes, flying feels too God-like to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see."

- Charles A. Lindbergh

Inspiration

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Inspiration