"We have been trying to make a machine that will fly, and we have succeeded."

"For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man. My disease has progressed to an incurable stage."

"The machine itself was nothing; the method was everything."

"The greatest value of our work is that it will be an inspiration to others."

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