Idea Handed Quotes by Wilbur Wright

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Wilbur Wright has 8 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.
• I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction…
• We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.
• The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely…
• Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
• It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.
• The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.
• There is no sport equal to that which aviators enjoy while being carried through the air on great white wings.

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