About Quote by Orville Wright Download Open image “We laid the track on a smooth stretch of ground about one hundred feet north of the new building.” — Orville Wright ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare About Building Feet Ground New
The single biggest change in middle-distance running, from the 1500 metres to 10,000 metres, has been the track surface. — Herb Elliott Copy Share Image
I would probably build somewhere between a half-mile and three-quarter-mile track. It would be sort of like Indianapolis Raceway Park. When I was a… — Michael Waltrip Copy Share Image
What is the use of going right over the old track again? There is an adder in the path which your own feet have… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid, I used to walk miles and miles and miles and miles and miles and miles of railroad tracks. — Pam Houston Copy Share Image
From here, it becomes an engineering problem; the engineer considers the ground motion that will occur and evaluates the requirements of the proposed structure… — Charles Francis Richter Copy Share Image
I love starting a track in one place and not knowing where it's going to end up. — Jon Hopkins Copy Share Image
[The building of the transcontinental railway] was something truly earth-shaking and, whether or not there had been a dime in it for me, sooner… — William Henry Jackson Copy Share Image
The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity of the air, and partly to lack of… — Orville Wright Copy Share Image
One of the Life Saving men snapped the camera for us, taking a picture just as the machine had reached the end of the… — Orville Wright Copy Share Image
In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power. — Orville Wright Copy Share Image
We left Dayton, September 23, and arrived at our camp at Kill Devil Hill on Friday, the 25th. — Orville Wright Copy Share Image
When the motor was completed and tested, we found that it would develop 16 horse power for a few seconds, but that the power… — Orville Wright Copy Share Image
With all the knowledge and skill acquired in thousands of flights in the last ten years, I would hardly think today of making my… — Orville Wright Copy Share Image
When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and… — Orville Wright Copy Share Image
With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750… — Orville Wright Copy Share Image
In our gliding experiments we had had a number of experiences in which we had landed upon one wing, but the crushing of the wing had absorbed the shock, so that we were not uneasy about the motor in case of a landing of that kind. — Orville Wright Copy Share
“If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true, there would be little hope of advance.” — Orville Wright Copy Share Image
A sudden dart when a little over a hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 feet from the… — Orville Wright Copy Share Image
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I talk to my mates about our kids, being too tired and being worn out. — Holly Willoughby Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny. — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon… — Magdalena Neuner Copy Share Image
Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical… — Nita Ambani Copy Share Image
One of the ways that I discovered my confidence and my ability to overpower is becoming a mother. Suddenly, my world wasn't about myself… — Lights Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
I just worried about my weight. Worried about my appearance and thought I wan't pretty enough to be a pop star. It was very very strange. — Judith Durham Copy Share