Wilbur Wright QUOTES

1 " The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air. "

― Wilbur Wright

2 " More than anything else, the sensation [of flying] is one of perfect peace mingled with an excitement that strains every nerve to the utmost - if you can conceive of such a combination. "

― Wilbur Wright

3 " No bird can soar in a calm. "

― Wilbur Wright

4 " By the death of Mr. O. Chanute the world has lost one whose labors had to an unusual degree influenced the course of human progress. If he had not lived the entire history of progress in flying would have been other than it has been. "

― Wilbur Wright ,

5 " I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years. Two years later we ourselves made flights. This demonstration of my impotence as a prophet gave me such a shock that ever since I have distrusted myself and avoided all predictions. "

― Wilbur Wright

6 " The best dividends on labor invested have invariably come from seeking more knowledge rather than more power. "

― Wilbur Wright