Amelia Earhart — "The lure of the unknown is too strong to resist."

"My ambition is to have this wonderful gift produce practical results for the future of commercial flying and for the women who may want to fly tomorrow's planes."

"My last flight was undertaken for the love of adventure, not for fame or fortune."

"Experiment! Meet new people. That's better than any college education... By adventuring about, you become accustomed to the unexpected. The unexpected then becomes what it really is... the inevitable."

"It takes more than mere skill to fly an airplane well. It takes nerve, and a certain amount of madness."

"I lay no claim to advancing scientific data other than advancing flying knowledge."