I might have been born in a hovel, but I determined to travel with the wind and the stars.

- Jacqueline Cochran

In the case of an airplane, speed is determined by the outcome of the conflict between thrust of the power and drag of the plane. So it also is with …

- Jacqueline Cochran

And to live without risk for me would have been tantamount to death.

- Jacqueline Cochran

It comes with faith, for with complete faith there is no fear of what faces you in life or death.

- Jacqueline Cochran

I'd have given my right eye to be an astronaut.

- Jacqueline Cochran

I wanted to go higher than Rockefeller Center, which was being erected across the street from Saks Fifth Avenue and was going to cut off my view of t…

- Jacqueline Cochran

I can cure your men of walking off the [flight] program. Let's put on the girls.

- Jacqueline Cochran

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind and spirit.

- Jacqueline Cochran

[A difficult childhood gave me] a kind of cocky confidence. ... I could never have so little that I hadn't had less. It took away my fear.

- Jacqueline Cochran