"We could not understand why the calculation of Lilienthal and others were so much in error."

"The difficulties were great, but our faith was greater."

"I have not the time for both a wife and an airplane."

"It was the first time in the history of the world that a machine carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight, had sailed forward without reduction of speed, and had f…"

"Learning the secret of flight from a bird was a good deal like learning the secret of magic from a magician."