Wright Brothers

"The relationship of the control of a business lies in the men you employ."

"We were a couple of bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio. None of us were rich."

"Those brothers sure could work together."

"Living is like tearing through a museum."

"I wish I could fly."

"The experiments showed that we had something useful."

"One cannot fly unless he is willing to land."

"The great liability is that the whole system is so reliable."

"We did not wish to publish anything before the invention was perfected."

"Any great change in the condition of a nation is preceded by much private debate."

"A practical flying machine should be simple and as few parts as possible."

"I feel about the suffrage question as I do about flying."

"The flying machine is just a toy compared to what people think will be the actual flying machine."

"Imagination is the beginning of creation."

"We were willing to work for years on something that might not work."

"Beware of the attitude of fighting windmills."

"Nature will ultimately prevail."

"The interest in flying is partly a love of the sport itself."

"Money is worth nothing without knowledge to use it."

"I am a skeptic in regard to long established hypotheses."

"We have invented the airplane but the birds continue to sit on the fence."

"The laws of nature are just as fixed as the laws of the Almighty."

"Success is not measured by what you've accomplished but by the opposition you have encountered."

"The capacity for observation and thought is the secret to scientific progress."

"We knew our machine was powerful."

"The present century will at last witness the long-desired conquest of the air."

"Persistence is the key that opens all doors."

"One of my greatest regrets is that I never learned to play the violin."

"The machine proved that sustained, controlled, power-driven flight was possible."

"Keep your ideas to yourself until they are fully developed."