"The machine was not perfect, but it was a beginning."

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

"The machine has been flown in all sorts of weather."

"No airship will ever fly from New York to Paris. That seems to me to be impossible. What limits the flight is the motor. No known motor can run at the requisite speed for four days without stopping, a…"

"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."