Orville Wright

In camp, we lived in a tent, and cooked our food over a camp stove.

The greater the density of the air, the less effort required to fly.

I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.

The Wright brothers flew right into the middle of an unknown and we flew it for the fun of it - and we got a patent on it - and it fell into the hands of the public.

I like to have a man's knowledge confront man's power and humanity.

Our failures were not always due to errors of judgment, but often to circumstances beyond our control.

The first experiments with gliders were made in the sand hills of North Carolina.

We owe much to the pioneer work of others in this field.

Flying is a sport, and I have always regarded it as such.

The engine was the heart of the machine.

We learned by doing, not by theorizing.

Isn't it a grand thing to be able to fly?

The balance of the airplane is a matter of the distribution of weight.

I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense of the word.

Life is a journey, and flying is the ultimate freedom.

We built our first full-size machine with great care.

Persistence, hard work, and belief in oneself are key to invention.

The wind was our ally and our adversary.

To fly is to conquer the impossible.

Our bicycle shop was the birthplace of the airplane.