Brother Quote by Edward R. Murrow

The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility.

— Charles Kettering

The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility.

— Dorothea Brande

There was a flight from Cleveland to New York City with just two people on board. There hasn't been two people on an airplane…

— David Letterman

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…

— Larry Walters

The Wright brothers' first flight was shorter than a Boeing 747's wing span. We've just begun with heart transplants.

— C. Walton Lillehei

Early in life I had noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper.

— George Orwell

In 1903 the Wright brothers invented airplanes, because in 1902 they took a road trip across the country with their family.

— Bill Engvall

More than 120 years ago, the Wright brothers pioneered their aviation work and built the world's first airplane in Dayton. I'm proud to support…

— Jon Husted

I am sure that I never read any memorable news in a newspaper.

— Henry David Thoreau

Here in the news media, our focus is on speed. When we get hold of some new and possibly inaccurate information, our highest priority…

— Dave Barry

I believe the new machine of the Wrights to be the most promising attempt at flight that has yet been made.

— Octave Chanute

The people who went on that airplane were unexceptional.

— Paul Greengrass