Nevil Shute
Nevil Shute
Nevil Shute Norwaywas an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia. He used his full name in his engineering career and Nevil Shute as his pen name to protect his engineering career from any potential negative publicity in connection with his novels...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 January 1899
long ifs
If what they say is right we're none of us going to have time to do all that we planned to do. But we can keep on doing it as long as we can.
newspapers glad havens
I'm glad we haven't got newspapers now. It's been much nicer without them.
safety pay lips
Everybody pays lip service to the safety of the aeroplane, but nobody is prepared to pay for it.
nice office long
I never was in such a horrid office . . . It's not very nice to be where people are being swindled all day long, is it?
aircraft crash god men thousand wills
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.
best bother danger life prefer since
After two wars, I have been in danger too often to bother very much about being killed, and when it comes, I would prefer that it should happen in an aeroplane, since aeroplanes have been the best part of my life.