Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Wilbur Wright

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American inventor Wilbur Wright.

Last updated on December 22, 2024.

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright, together known as the Wright brothers, were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane. They made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft with the Wright Flyer on December 17, 1903, 4 mi (6 km) south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, at what is now known as Kill Devil Hills. The brothers were also the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible.

American - Inventor | April 16, 1867 - May 30, 1912

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I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.

Wilbur Wright

It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.

Wilbur Wright

The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air.

Wilbur Wright

I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success.

Wilbur Wright

The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.

Wilbur Wright

Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

Wilbur Wright

We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.

Wilbur Wright