"No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris."

"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their weary journeys over endless plains, yearned for a swifter and less laborious mode of travel."

"The greatest danger in flying is the ground."

"It is not disputed that every person who is using this system today owes it to us and to us alone."

"The machine itself is but a tool, the spirit that controls it is the thing."