The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who...looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space...on the infinite highway of the air. -Wilbur Wright

 

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who...looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space...on the infinite highway of the air.


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This quote is just one of 11 total Wilbur Wright quotes in our collection. Wilbur Wright is known for saying 'The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who...looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space...on the infinite highway of the air.' as well as some of the following quotes.

I know of only one bird - the parrot - that talks; and it can't fly very high.

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We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.

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Right now folks are having difficulty leaving the (flooded) area. -Wilbur Wright
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Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

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It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.

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I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years. -Wilbur Wright
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The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.

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