"I confess that, in 1901, I said to my brother Orville that men would not fly for 50 years. Two years later, we were making flights. This demonstration of my inability as a prophet gave me such a shock…"

"It was impossible to convince the people generally that we were not a pair of lunatics."

"The public is very enthusiastic about our machine."

"If birds can glide for long periods of time, then why can't we?"

"The course of the experiment was not exactly according to calculations, but was a success nevertheless."