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Letter "M" » Manfred Von Richthofen Quotes
«I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave.»
Author: Manfred Von Richthofen
«Sometimes, however, the Gaelic blood asserts itself. The Frenchmen will then attack. But the French attacking spirit is like bottled lemonade. It lacks tenacity. The Englishmen, on the other hand, one notices that they are of Germanic blood. Sportsmen easily take to flying, and Englishmen see in flying nothing but a sport.»
Author: Manfred Von Richthofen
«According to the map he had fallen three miles behind the front. We had therefore brought him down on enemy ground. Otherwise I should have one more victory to my credit. I was very proud of my success. After all, the chief thing is to bring a fellow down. It does not matter at all whether one is credited for it or not.»
Author: Manfred Von Richthofen
«My dear Excellency! I have not gone to war to collect cheese and eggs, but for another purpose.»
Author: Manfred Von Richthofen
«I have had an experience which might perhaps be described as being shot down. At the same time, I call shot down only when one falls down. Today I got into trouble but I escaped with a whole skin.»
Author: Manfred Von Richthofen
«It is better that one's customers come to one's shop than to have to look for them abroad.»
Author: Manfred Von Richthofen
«I never was good at learning things. I did just enough work to pass. In my opinion it would have been wrong to do more than was just sufficient, so I worked as little as possible.»
Author: Manfred Von Richthofen
«We convinced him quickly that the possibility of war was absolutely nil and continued our festivity. On the next day we were ordered to take the field.»
Author: Manfred Von Richthofen
«During my whole life I have not found a happier hunting ground than in the course of the Somme Battle. In the morning, as soon as I had got up, the first Englishmen arrived, and the last did not disappear until long after sunset. Boelcke once said that this was the El Dorado of the flying men.»
Author: Manfred Von Richthofen
«Now I am within thirty yards of him. He must fall. The gun pours out its stream of lead. Then it jams. Then it reopens fire. That jam almost saved his life.»
Author: Manfred Von Richthofen
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