If the Wright brother were alive today Wilbur would have to fire Orville to reduce costs. — Herb Kelleher Copy Share Image
The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility. — Dorothea Brande Copy Share Image
Innovation really is the life blood of our American economy... looking back at the stories of Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and… — Dan Lipinski Copy Share Image
We are ever on the threshold of new journeys and new discoveries. Can you imagine the excitement of the Wright brothers on… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
The Wright Brothers created the single greatest cultural force since the invention of writing. The airplane became the first World Wide Web,… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
In honoring the Wright Brothers, it is customary and proper to recognize their contribution to scientific progress. But I believe it is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
America, in the eyes of the world, typifies above all else this quality of initiative. The greatest successes are nearly all the… — B. C. Forbes Copy Share Image
“Fear would have told the Wright brothers not to fly. Fear would have told Rosa Parks to change seats. Fear would have… — Jon Acuff Copy Share Image
In 1903 the Wright brothers invented airplanes, because in 1902 they took a road trip across the country with their family. — Bill Engvall Copy Share Image
The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility. — Charles Kettering Copy Share Image
Greek myths are heroic, noble and tragic; but the American Dream is heroic, comical, and uplifting. Americans are a people in whom… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
The Wright brothers committed themselves to do what no one else had ever done before. They took time to do their homework.… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Among all the marvels of modern invention, that with which I am most concerned is, of course, air transportation. Flying is perhaps… — Amelia Earhart Copy Share Image
Picasso had nicknamed Georges Braque "Wilbur," thereby becoming "Orville" in their Wright Brothers-like ambition to get painting off the ground of conventional… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
More than 120 years ago, the Wright brothers pioneered their aviation work and built the world's first airplane in Dayton. I'm proud… — Jon Husted Copy Share Image
I relate more to the descendants of Galileo Galilei and the Wright brothers than I do to anyone else you might mention.… — Jakob Dylan Copy Share Image
I was attacked the other night for being grandiose. I would just want you to note: Lincoln standing at Council Bluffs was… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
“Only nine years before the Wright brothers’ famous first flight, Hargrave lifted himself 4.9 metres (16 feet) off the ground in a… — Jen Fraser Copy Share Image
There was a flight from Cleveland to New York City with just two people on board. There hasn't been two people on… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
The Wright brothers' first flight was not reported in a single newspaper because every rookie reporter knew what could and couldn't be… — Edward R. Murrow Copy Share Image
Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
America is an enormous country with enormous resources. The basic American spirit creates the Wright Brothers and Henry Ford and Bill Gates… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
I love visiting the Air and Space Museum. It always blows my mind how far we've come from the Wright Brothers in… — Ryan Merchant Copy Share Image
“The measurement of human ability is in an infant state. Was it a requirement for the Wright Brothers to hold PhD’s before… — Alastair Agutter Copy Share Image
If the Wright brothers hadn't put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the world these days. So… — Felix Baumgartner Copy Share Image
