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> [The balloon seems to stand still in the air while the earth flies past underneath.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-santos-dumont/the-balloon-seems-to-stand-still-in-the-air-while-the-earth-flies/)

[Alberto Santos-Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-santos-dumont/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/alberto-santos-dumont-60353_air_the-balloon-seems-to-stand-still-in-the_115204.jpg)

> [To propel a dirigible balloon through the air is like pushing a candle through a brick wall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-santos-dumont/to-propel-a-dirigible-balloon-through-the-air-is-like-pushing-a/)

[Alberto Santos-Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-santos-dumont/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b4/alberto-santos-dumont-60353_air_to-propel-a-dirigible-balloon-through-th_346348.jpg)

> [Villages and woods, meadows and chateaux, pass across the moving scene, out of which the whistling of locomotives throws sharp notes. These…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-santos-dumont/villages-and-woods-meadows-and-chateaux-pass-across-the-moving-scene/)

[Alberto Santos-Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-santos-dumont/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd1/alberto-santos-dumont-60353_air_villages-and-woods-meadows-and-chateaux_2489649.jpg)

## Other authors on Balloons

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-branson-78442.jpg) Richard Branson 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/balloons/richard-branson/)

## More by Alberto Santos-Dumont

> [The balloon seems to stand still in the air while the earth flies past underneath.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-santos-dumont/the-balloon-seems-to-stand-still-in-the-air-while-the-earth-flies/)

[Alberto Santos-Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-santos-dumont/)

> [To propel a dirigible balloon through the air is like pushing a candle through a brick wall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-santos-dumont/to-propel-a-dirigible-balloon-through-the-air-is-like-pushing-a/)

[Alberto Santos-Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-santos-dumont/)

> [Now my playmates never failed to wink and smile mockingly at me when one of them called 'Man flies!' for at the word I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-santos-dumont/now-my-playmates-never-failed-to-wink-and-smile-mockingly-at-me-when/)

[Alberto Santos-Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-santos-dumont/)

> [I never thought that my creation, would allow brothers to kill brothers. (after seeing his invention being used in war, The Airplane) Alberto Santos-Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-santos-dumont/i-never-thought-that-my-creation-would-allow-brothers-to-kill/)

[Alberto Santos-Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-santos-dumont/)

> [Villages and woods, meadows and chateaux, pass across the moving scene, out of which the whistling of locomotives throws sharp notes. These faint, piercing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-santos-dumont/villages-and-woods-meadows-and-chateaux-pass-across-the-moving-scene/)

[Alberto Santos-Dumont](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-santos-dumont/)

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