Wright Brothers Quotes
22 quotes by 22 authors
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There's a historical milestone in the fact that our Apollo 11 landing on the moon took place a mere 66 years after the Wright Brothers'…
— Buzz Aldrin
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Greek myths are heroic, noble and tragic; but the American Dream is heroic, comical, and uplifting. Americans are a people in whom overweening ambition is…
— John C. Wright
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In honoring the Wright Brothers, it is customary and proper to recognize their contribution to scientific progress. But I believe it is equally important to…
— Charles Lindbergh
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The Wright brothers didn't contemplate the staying on the ground of things. Alexander Graham Bell didn't contemplate the noncommunication of things. Thomas Edison didn't contemplate…
— Wayne Dyer
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The Wright Brothers created the single greatest cultural force since the invention of writing. The airplane became the first World Wide Web, bringing people, languages,…
— Bill Gates
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I was attacked the other night for being grandiose. I would just want you to note: Lincoln standing at Council Bluffs was grandiose. The Wright…
— Newt Gingrich
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It's when things are going just right that you'd better be suspicious. There you are, fat as can be. The whole world is yours and…
— Ernest K. Gann
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If the F.A.A. was around when the Wright Brothers were testing their aircraft, they would never have been able to make their first flight at…
— Larry Walters
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If the Wright brother were alive today Wilbur would have to fire Orville to reduce costs.
— Herb Kelleher
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The worst sort of business is one that grows rapidly, requires significant capital to engender the growth, and then earns little or no money. Think…
— Warren Buffett
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The Wright brothers committed themselves to do what no one else had ever done before. They took time to do their homework. They were humble…
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
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They say that most airline seats on planes today are meant for 170-pound passengers. The last time the average American weighed 170 pounds, the Wright…
— Jay Leno
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We are ever on the threshold of new journeys and new discoveries. Can you imagine the excitement of the Wright brothers on the morning of…
— Joseph B. Wirthlin
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If the Wright brothers hadn't put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the world these days. So we need pioneers.
— Felix Baumgartner
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There was a wonderful little short four-year time period when marvelous things happened. It started in 1908, when the Wright brothers flew in Paris, and…
— Burt Rutan
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Successful technologies often begin as hobbies. Jacques Cousteau invented scuba diving because he enjoyed exploring caves. The Wright brothers invented flying as a relief from…
— Freeman Dyson
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The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility.
— Charles Kettering
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But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they…
— Carl Sagan
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Tell him solitude is creative if he is strong and the final decisions are made in silent rooms. Tell him to be different from other…
— Carl Sandburg
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If the Wright Brothers were alive today, Orville would have to lay off Wilbur.
— Robert Crandall
Who Wrote These Wright Brothers Quotes
22 authors contributed a total of 22 Wright Brothers Quotes as follows: