Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur)

The airplane has forced us into a new relationship with each other.

We were very much surprised at the ease with which the machine was controlled.

It is difficult to understand how anyone could have been so blind to the truth.

I think it will be a long time yet before anyone will be flying at any great height or speed.

We were confident that we had solved the problem of human flight.

It is not in the nature of man to be content with things as they are.

We do not believe that the difficulties are insurmountable, and we are confident that we shall yet succeed.

The machine itself is but a tool, the spirit that controls it is the thing.

We are not content to walk upon the ground.

The time will come when man will fly.

Our confidence in the ability of men to fly has not been shaken.

The machine is a living thing, and must be treated as such.

We were not seeking fame or fortune, but simply to solve a problem.

The aeroplane will be a great factor in bringing together the different nations of the earth.

We have been trying to make a machine that will fly, and we have succeeded.

The machine has been proven to be a success beyond our most sanguine hopes.

We do not intend to make a fortune out of this, but to make a machine that will fly.

The desire for flight is the expression of a deep-seated human instinct.

We have been trying to solve the problem of aerial navigation, and we believe we have succeeded.

The machine is a triumph of human ingenuity.