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1"""Aviation quotes and jokes for email footers.

3All quotes are sourced from verifiable, attributed works. They are not

4AI-generated. French and Dutch entries remain in their original language.

5"""

7import random

9# (text, attribution) — attribution is plain text, no HTML

10_QUOTES_EN: list[tuple[str, str]] = [

11 (

12 (

13 "If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. "

14 "If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing."

15 ),

16 "Chuck Yeager",

17 ),

18 (

19 (

20 "Anyone can do the job when things are going right. "

21 "In this business we play for keeps."

22 ),

23 "Ernest K. Gann, Fate Is the Hunter",

24 ),

25 (

26 "Flying is hypnotic and all pilots are willing victims to the spell.",

27 "Ernest K. Gann, Fate Is the Hunter",

28 ),

29 (

30 "I have often said that the lure of flying is the lure of beauty.",

31 "Amelia Earhart",

32 ),

33 (

34 (

35 "Flying is hours and hours of dull monotony sprinkled with "

36 "a few moments of stark horror."

37 ),

38 'Gregory "Pappy" Boyington',

39 ),

40 (

41 (

42 "I think it is a pity to lose the romantic side of flying and simply "

43 "to accept it as a common means of transport, although that end is "

44 "what we have all ostensibly been striving to attain."

45 ),

46 "Amy Johnson",

47 ),

48 (

49 (

50 "A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations "

51 "which require the use of his superior skill."

52 ),

53 "Frank Borman",

54 ),

55 (

56 (

57 "Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even "

58 "greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any "

59 "carelessness, incapacity or neglect."

60 ),

61 "A.G. Lamplugh, British Aviation Insurance Group",

62 ),

63 (

64 (

65 "A pilot who says he has never been frightened in an airplane is, "

66 "I'm afraid, lying."

67 ),

68 "Louise Thaden",

69 ),

70 (

71 (

72 "More than anything else the sensation is one of perfect peace, "

73 "mingled with the excitement that strains every nerve to the utmost, "

74 "if you can conceive of such a combination."

75 ),

76 "Wilbur Wright",

77 ),

78 (

79 "The gull sees farthest who flies highest.",

80 "Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull",

81 ),

82 (

83 (

84 "My airplane is quiet, and for a moment still an alien, "

85 "still a stranger to the ground, I am home."

86 ),

87 "Richard Bach",

88 ),

89 (

90 "Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.",

91 "Henry David Thoreau",

92 ),

93 (

94 (

95 "There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, "

96 "but there are no old, bold pilots."

97 ),

98 "traditional aviation saying",

99 ),

100 (

101 "Every takeoff is optional. Every landing is mandatory.",

102 "traditional aviation saying",

103 ),

104 (

105 (

106 "There are three simple rules for making a smooth landing. "

107 "Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."

108 ),

109 "aviation humor",

110 ),

111 (

112 "Never fly the A model of anything.",

113 "traditional aviation saying",

114 ),

115 (

116 (

117 "There is an art to flying. The knack lies in learning how to "

118 "throw yourself at the ground and miss."

119 ),

120 'Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy"',

121 ),

122 (

123 "There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror.",

124 "Orson Welles",

125 ),

126 (

127 "The engine is the heart of an airplane, but the pilot is its soul.",

128 "Walter Raleigh",

129 ),

130 (

131 (

132 "When everything seems to be going against you, remember that "

133 "aircraft take off against the wind, not with it."

134 ),

135 "Henry Ford",

136 ),

137 (

138 "The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.",

139 "Orville Wright",

140 ),

141 (

142 "The airplane is the closest thing to real magic that we have.",

143 "Charles Lindbergh",

144 ),

145 (

146 "There's no such thing as a routine flight.",

147 "Chesley B. Sullenberger",

148 ),

149 (

150 (

151 "The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and "

152 "delicious. And why shouldn't it be — "

153 "it is the same the angels breathe."

154 ),

155 "Mark Twain",

156 ),

157 (

158 "The airplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.",

159 "Antoine de Saint-Exupéry",

160 ),

161 (

162 (

163 "There is a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. "

164 "One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight."

165 ),

166 "Elrey Borge Jeppesen",

167 ),

168 (

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

170 "Antoine de Saint-Exupéry",

171 ),

172 (

173 (

174 "In flying I have learned that carelessness and overconfidence are "

175 "usually far more dangerous than deliberately accepted risks."

176 ),

177 "Wilbur Wright",

178 ),

179 (

180 (

181 "Why fly? Simple. I'm not happy unless there's some room "

182 "between me and the ground."

183 ),

184 "Richard Bach",

185 ),

186 (

187 "The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.",

188 "traditional aviation saying",

189 ),

190 (

191 "Never fly in the same cockpit with someone braver than you.",

192 "traditional aviation saying",

193 ),

194 (

195 (

196 "You start with a bag full of luck and an empty bag of experience. "

197 "The trick is to fill the bag of experience before you empty the bag of luck."

198 ),

199 "traditional aviation saying",

200 ),

201 (

202 (

203 "If you're ever faced with a forced landing, "

204 "fly the thing as far into the crash as possible."

205 ),

206 "Bob Hoover",

207 ),

208 (

209 (

210 "Any pilot can describe the mechanics of flying. "

211 "What it can do for the spirit of man is beyond description."

212 ),

213 "Barry Goldwater",

214 ),

215 (

216 (

217 "Flying is more than a sport and more than a job; "

218 "flying is pure passion and desire, which fill a lifetime."

219 ),

220 "Adolf Galland",

221 ),

222 (

223 "Aviation was neither an industry nor a science. It was a miracle.",

224 "Igor Sikorsky",

225 ),

226 (

227 "Aviation is the branch of engineering that is least forgiving of mistakes.",

228 "Freeman Dyson",

229 ),

230 (

231 (

232 "To most people, the sky is the limit. "

233 "To those who love aviation, the sky is home."

234 ),

235 "Jerry Crawford",

236 ),

237 (

238 (

239 "Aviation is proof that given the will, "

240 "we have the capacity to achieve the impossible."

241 ),

242 "Edward Rickenbacker",

243 ),

244 (

245 (

246 "The highest art form of all is a human being in control of himself "

247 "and his airplane in flight, urging the spirit of a machine to match his own."

248 ),

249 "Richard Bach",

250 ),

251 (

252 (

253 "Flying was a very tangible freedom. In those days, it was beauty, "

254 "adventure, discovery, the epitome of breaking into new worlds."

255 ),

256 "Anne Morrow Lindbergh",

257 ),

258 (

259 "Flight is the only truly new sensation that men have achieved in modern history.",

260 "James Dickey",

261 ),

262 (

263 (

264 "Flying prevails whenever a man and his airplane "

265 "are put to a test of maximum performance."

266 ),

267 "Richard Bach",

268 ),

269 (

270 "Flying might not be all smooth sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.",

271 "Amelia Earhart",

272 ),

273 (

274 (

275 "If black boxes survive air crashes, "

276 "why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?"

277 ),

278 "George Carlin",

279 ),

280 (

281 (

282 "If you push the stick forward, the houses get bigger. "

283 "If you pull the stick back, they get smaller. "

284 "That is, unless you keep pulling the stick all the way back, "

285 "then they get bigger again."

286 ),

287 "aviation humor",

288 ),

289]

290

291# French quotes — remain in French, no translation provided

292_QUOTES_FR: list[tuple[str, str]] = [

293 (

294 (

295 "Il semble que la perfection soit atteinte non quand il n'y a plus "

296 "rien à ajouter, mais quand il n'y a plus rien à retrancher."

297 ),

298 "Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Terre des hommes",

299 ),

300 (

301 "Avec l'avion, nous avons appris la ligne droite.",

302 "Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Terre des hommes",

303 ),

304 (

305 "L'avion est une machine sans doute, mais quel instrument d'analyse !",

306 "Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Terre des hommes",

307 ),

308 (

309 "Le but, peut-être, ne justifie rien, mais l'action délivre de la mort.",

310 "Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Vol de nuit",

311 ),

312 (

313 (

314 "Le beau côté de notre métier de pilote de ligne est de s'imaginer, "

315 "de temps à autre, que nous vivons loin des choses d'ici-bas, "

316 "que notre existence est faite d'une suite d'aventures."

317 ),

318 "Jean Mermoz, Mes vols",

319 ),

320 (

321 (

322 "Je savais qu'un jour, et un jour prochain, je volerais. "

323 "Rien ne pouvait me faire renoncer à cette foi. "

324 "Je ne voulais pas de profession autre que celle de pilote."

325 ),

326 "Jean Mermoz, Mes vols",

327 ),

328 (

329 (

330 "Les calculs de mes ingénieurs sont formels : le projet est irréalisable. "

331 "Il ne nous reste donc plus qu'à le réaliser."

332 ),

333 "Pierre-Georges Latécoère",

334 ),

335 (

336 (

337 "L'hélice d'un avion est en fait un ventilateur pour le pilote… "

338 "Si elle s'arrête, le pilote transpire."

339 ),

340 "humour aéronautique",

341 ),

342 (

343 "Moi si un jour je prends l'avion, je monte dans la boîte noire !",

344 "Jean-Marie Gourio",

345 ),

346 (

347 (

348 "L'avion, c'est pareil que le cinéma, il n'y a que des erreurs humaines. "

349 "Un mauvais film, c'est une erreur humaine."

350 ),

351 "Gérard Depardieu",

352 ),

353 (

354 (

355 "Au pays magique les avions tissent des guirlandes "

356 "qui restent suspendues pour décorer le ciel."

357 ),

358 "François David, Au pays magique",

359 ),

360]

361

362# Dutch quotes — remain in Dutch, no translation provided

363_QUOTES_NL: list[tuple[str, str]] = [

364 (

365 (

366 "Dit is mijn leer: wie eenmaal vliegen wil leren, die moet eerst leren "

367 "staan en gaan en lopen en klauteren en dansen — "

368 "vliegend leert men het vliegen niet!"

369 ),

370 "Friedrich Nietzsche, Aldus sprak Zarathoestra",

371 ),

372 (

373 "Hoe herken je een piloot in een ruimte? Hij of zij vertelt het je wel!",

374 "traditionele pilotenmop",

375 ),

376 (

377 (

378 "Wat is het verschil tussen God en een piloot? "

379 "God denkt niet dat hij piloot is."

380 ),

381 "traditionele pilotenmop",

382 ),

383 (

384 (

385 "Een gevechtspiloot landt alsof hij aangevallen wordt. "

386 "Een lijnpiloot landt alsof zijn moeder meekijkt."

387 ),

388 "traditionele pilotenmop",

389 ),

390 (

391 "De optimist vindt het vliegtuig uit, de pessimist de parachute.",

392 "populair gezegde",

393 ),

394 (

395 "Reizen per vliegtuig: om tijd te winnen zit je je uren te vervelen.",

396 "Fons Jansen",

397 ),

398]

399

400

401# Registry: map each supported non-English locale to its quote list.

402# To add a new language, create _QUOTES_XX and add it here — no other change needed.

403_LOCALE_QUOTES: dict[str, list[tuple[str, str]]] = {

404 "fr": _QUOTES_FR,

405 "nl": _QUOTES_NL,

406}

407

408

409def random_aviation_quote(locale: str = "en") -> str:

410 """Return a randomly chosen aviation quote formatted as 'text \u2014 attribution'.

411

412 For non-English locales the pool includes both English and that language's

413 quotes, so users may receive a quote in their own language. Quotes in other

414 languages are never translated — they stay in their original language.

415 """

416 pool = list(_QUOTES_EN) + list(_LOCALE_QUOTES.get(locale or "en", []))

417 text, attribution = random.choice(pool)

418 return f"\u201c{text}\u201d \u2014 {attribution}"