"I begin my work at about nine or ten o'clock in the evening and continue until four or five in the morning. Night is a more quiet time to work. It aids thought."

"If it is not necessary, it is obviously not advisable, that deaf children should acquire, and use, as their ordinary and habitual means of communication — their vernacular in fact — a language that is…"

"The most important thing is to keep on trying, to never give up."

"There are two critical points in every aerial flight - its beginning and its end."

"Before you can achieve anything, you must know what you want. And you must be prepared to sacrifice your comfort to get it."