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, ideas, and values together. Votes: 5
When counting on learning from innovation, there are great successes but also failures. The Wright Brothers invented the aircraft and started an amazing process of innovation, where we now have planes that carry 500 passengers. Along the way there were some silly looking vehicles that crashed early on. Votes: 4
The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility. Votes: 3
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 Brothers standing at Kitty Hawk were grandiose. John F. Kennedy was grandiose. I accept the charge that I am grandiose and that Americans are instinctively grandiose, Votes: 3
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 rewarded, not punished. The Wright Brothers did not have their wings melt when they flew too high. Perhaps their wings were more soundly built than those of Icarus. Votes: 3
The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility. Votes: 2
If the Wright Brothers were alive today, Orville would have to lay off Wilbur. Votes: 2
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. Votes: 2
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 the monotony of their normal business of selling and repairing bicycles. Votes: 2
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 laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown. Votes: 2
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 that first flight? The anticipation of Jonas Salk as he analyzed the data that demonstrated a way to prevent polio? Votes: 2
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 everybody said, 'Ooh, hey, I can do that.' There's only a few people that have flown in early 1908. In four years, 39 countries had hundreds of airplanes, thousands of pilots. Votes: 2
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' first flight. Votes: 1
The Wright brothers' first flight was shorter than a Boeing 747's wing span. We've just begun with heart transplants. Votes: 0
In 1903 the Wright brothers invented airplanes, because in 1902 they took a road trip across the country with their family. Votes: 0
The Wright brothers' first flight was not reported in a single newspaper because every rookie reporter knew what could and couldn't be done. Votes: 0
Picasso had nicknamed Georges Braque "Wilbur," thereby becoming "Orville" in their Wright Brothers-like ambition to get painting off the ground of conventional representation. Votes: 0
The movies I respond to are by guys like the Coen brothers and Edgar Wright, where it's hard to fit them into any one box. Votes: 0
I love visiting the Air and Space Museum. It always blows my mind how far we've come from the Wright Brothers in 1906 to modern space travel. Votes: 0
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 since the Wright brothers. Votes: 0
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 Kitty Hawk. Votes: 0
Fear would have told the Wright brothers not to fly. Fear would have told Rosa Parks to change seats. Fear would have told Steve Jobs that people hate touchscreens. Votes: 0
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 Brothers were flying the plane. Votes: 0
The Righteous Brothers were purely rhythm and blues, black music. Votes: 4 Bill Medley
I love Robin Wright. Kristin Wiig! I love those two women. Votes: 3 Kathleen Rose Perkins