,
Goodreads helps you follow your favorite authors. Be the first to learn about new releases!
Start by following Orville Wright.

Orville Wright Orville Wright > Quotes

 

 (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)
Showing 1-7 of 7
“If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance.”
Orville Wright
“Learning the secret of flight from a bird was a good deal like learning the secret of magic from a magician.”
Orville Wright
“If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true were really true,
there would be little hope of advance.”
Orville Wright
“The exhilaration of flying is too keen, the pleasure too great, for it to be neglected as a sport.”
Orville Wright
“If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance.”
Orville Wright
“We had taken up aeronautics merely as a sport. We reluctantly entered upon the scientific side of it.”
Orville Wright, The Early History of the Airplane
“When he learned that we were interested in flying as a sport, and not with any expectation of recovering the money we were expending on it, he gave us much encouragement. At”
Orville Wright, The Early History of the Airplane

All Quotes | Add A Quote
How We Invented the Airplane: An Illustrated History How We Invented the Airplane
61 ratings
Open Preview
The Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright The Published Writings of Wilbur and Orville Wright
10 ratings
Open Preview