"It was the first time in the history of the world that a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction of speed, and had f…"

"We were not looking for a fortune, but we were looking for a solution."

"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their dim terrestrial captivity, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space…"

"I have not the time for both a wife and an airplane."

"The machine is capable of carrying a passenger."