Quotes About The Wright Brothers First Flight

#1. 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.

Larry Walters

#2. The Wright brothers' first flight was shorter than a Boeing 747's wing span. We've just begun with heart transplants.

C. Walton Lillehei

#3. If America becomes militant, it will be because its people choose to become such; it will be because they think that war and warlikeness are desirable.

William Graham Sumner

#4. Faith. Trust. and Pixie Dust.

Walt Disney Company

#5. Good players win you games, good formations stop you losing them.

Gordon Strachan

#6. Fill your mind before you empty your mouth.

Habeeb Akande

#7. 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.

Buzz Aldrin

#8. I can endure my own despair, but not another's hope.

William Walsh

#9. Too bad the guards are looking for irony. It's everywhere in here.

Mark Olmsted

#10. 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?

Joseph B. Wirthlin

#11. I like to inquire into everything. Hercule Poirot is a good dog. The good dog follows the scent, and if, regrettably, there is no scent to follow, he noses around - seeking always something that is not very nice.

Agatha Christie

#12. I am proud to represent New York's 13th Congressional District, which has one of the largest and diverse populations in the country.

Charles B. Rangel