Quotes by : Orville Wright

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be....

With all the knowledge and skill acquired in thousands of flights in the last ten years, I would hardly....

Learning the secret of flight from a bird was a good deal like learning the secret of magic from a magician.....

The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.

If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little....

In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power.....

The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity of the air,....

With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine....