Father Hussman Quotes in The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)

Father Hussman: How come I never see you around church? You don't believe?

Charles Lindbergh: Well, yes, I believe. I believe in an instrument panel, a pressure gauge, a compass, things I can see and touch. I can't touch God.

Father Hussman: You're not supposed to! He touches you!

Father Hussman: [Flying - quite clumsily - in a bi-plane with Lindbergh as his instructor pilot] I've got a special prayer for landings.

Charles Lindbergh: Don't you think you need a little more than that?

Father Hussman: I also have a prayer for takeoffs, for engine trouble, for rough air, all kinds of prayers. Would you like to hear the one for landings? It's out of the Psalms.

Charles Lindbergh: No, thank you, Father.

Father Hussman: Slim, don't you ever pray?

Charles Lindbergh: Well, I don't have to, I *know* how to land.