"The machine itself was nothing; the method was everything."

"We were lucky enough to grow up in an environment where there was always much encouragement to children to pursue intellectual interests; to investigate whatever aroused curiosity."

"In its campaign to discredit others in the flying art, the Smithsonian has issued scores of these false and misleading statements."

"The fact that the machine was controlled in all directions was a feature which had never been approached in any earlier flight of which we have any knowledge."

"No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris."