"The thing is, helicopters are different from planes. An airplane by its nature wants to fly, and if not interfered with too strongly by unusual events or by a deliberately incompetent pilot, it will fly.A helicopter does not want to fly. It is maintained in the air by a variety of forces and controls working in opposition to each other, and if there is any disturbance in this delicate balance the helicopter stops flying; immediately and disastrously. There is no such thing as a gliding helicopter. That is why being a helicopter pilot is so different from being an airplane pilot, and why in generality, airplane pilots are open, clear-eyed, buoyant extroverts and helicopter pilots are brooding introspective anticipators of trouble. They know if something bad has not happened it is about to. " -Harry Reasoner, 1971

"Thank you sir for your kindness but I assure you there is nothing remarkable about playing the organ. You merely press the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself." - J.S. Bach, circa 1725

"I am afraid that women appreciate cruelty, downright cruelty, more than anything else. They have wonderfully primitive instincts.
We have emancipated them, but they remain slaves looking for their masters, all the same. They love being dominated. " -Oscar Wilde, excerpt from "The Picture of Dorian Gray"