Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur) — "The greatest pleasure in life is to do what people say you cannot do."
The greatest pleasure in life is to do what people say you cannot do.
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Attributed to Walter Bagehot and others, but often associated with the Wright brothers' spirit. Unlikely they said this exact phrase.
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