"The flying machine which will really fly might be evolved by the combined and continuous efforts of mathematicians and mechanicians in from one million to ten million years — provided, of course, we c…"

"We had to be our own mechanics, our own engineers, and our own scientists."

"The age of the flying machine is coming; it is not here yet, but it is coming."

"I never had any particular love for the airplane. What I love is to fly."

"The only birds that speak are parrots, and they don’t fly very high."