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

"It is our view that morally the world owes its almost universal use of our system of lateral control entirely to us. It is also our opinion that legally it owes it to us."

"The greatest pleasure in life is to do what people say you cannot do."

"The flying machine which will really fly might be evolved by the combined and continuous efforts of mathematicians and mechanicians in from one million to ten million years — provided, of course, we c…"

"The best dividends on the labor invested have invariably come from seeking more knowledge rather than more power."