A Quote by Nevil Shute

Aircraft do not crash of themselves. They come to grief because men are foolish, or vain, or lazy, or irresolute or reckless. One crash in a thousand may be unavoidable because God wills it so - not more than that.

Nevil Shute

Quote Topics

Aircraft Because Come Crash Foolish God Grief Lazy May Men More Reckless Than Themselves Thousand Unavoidable Vain Wills

Quote Author

Nevil Shute
British - Novelist
January 17, 1899 - January 12, 1960

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Woody Allen

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Colin Camerer

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