"We were lucky enough to grow up in an environment where there was always much encouragement to children to pursue intellectual interests; to investigate whatever aroused curiosity."

"The machine is now a commercial success."

"I confess that, in 1901, I said to my brother Orville that men would not fly for 50 years. Two years later, we were making flights. This demonstration of my inability as a prophet gave me such a shock…"

"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 is a triumph of human ingenuity."