A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from August 06, 2012
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that an airplane takes off against wind”

“The Country Parson” comic strip, by Frank A. Clark, from September 6, 1955, said:
 
“When everything seems to be goin’ against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
 
The saying has become popular since the 1980s, almost always credited to the American auto maker Henry Ford (1863-1947). There is no evidence that Ford ever said it.
 
   
6 September 1955, Greensboro (NC) Record, “Country Parson” comic strip, pg. A2, col. 5:
“When everything seems to be goin’ against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
 
Google Books
Go for it!:
How to win at love, work, and play

By Irene Kassorla
New York, NY: Delacorte Press
1984
Pg. 229:
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. —Henry Ford
 
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The Quotable Billionaire:
Advice and Reflections from and for the Real, Former, Almost, and Wanna-Be SUper-Rich…and Others

Edited by Steven D. Price
New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing
2009
Pg. 248:
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. — Henry Ford
   
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The World of Business:
From Valuable Brands and Games Directors Play to Bailouts and Bad Boys

By The Economist
London: Profile Books Ltd.
2009
Pg. 103:
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Henry Ford

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityWork/Businesses • Monday, August 06, 2012 • Permalink


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