Wilbur Wright Quotes

Mother, I want to see him fly!

One of my great joys in life is being a pilot. There is a great sense of freedom in soaring through the sky. You get a different perspective up there. Seeing things that aren't so apparent from the ground.

I'm really enjoying the process of learning to fly. How it will fit into my life down the road - I'm looking forward to discovering that.

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Flying is like the ultimate superpower; it's just, like, the coolest thing.

Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.

If you were meant to fly, not even running really fast is that impressive.

In order to arrive at knowledge of the motions of birds in the air, it is first necessary to acquire knowledge of the winds, which we will prove by the motions of water in itself, and this knowledge will be a step enabling us to arrive at the knowledge of beings that fly between the air and the wind.

Same with anyone who's been flying for years and loves it still... we're part of a world we deeply love. Just as musicians feel about scores and melodies, dancers about the steps and flow of music, so we're one with the principle of flight, the magic of being aloft in the wind!

Aerial flight is one of that class of problems with which men will never have to cope.

I think that training is important. I think you need to learn as much as you can learn. I would say that it's important and probably crucial, but I wouldn't say that everyone has to have it.

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.

Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.

The most amazing lesson in aerodynamics I ever had was the day I climbed a thermal in a glider at the same time as an eagle. I witnessed, close up, effortlessness and lightness combined with strength, precision and determination.

Flying was great. You have to think fast. You have to develop intuition about the physics of air moving quickly over a surface.

I love flying planes.

And I fly planes all the time. And helicopters.

Talents & science are sufficient motives with me in appointments to which they are fitted.

A plane is of no use without the man or woman who flies it!

Connor Broekhart was born to fly, or more accurately he was born flying.

I love the way ravens fly; they are the most acrobatic and daring birds.

I live in the sky as a pilot, so it has great meaning to me.

I always wanted to fly. When I was in theatre, I used to go up on Dunstable Downs on my day off to watch the gliders, to get away from it all.

It honestly feels like high school or college all over again. You're comfortable; you see the game. You've seen a lot of ups and downs, a lot of good plays and bad plays. They're all in the back of your head. It's all just experience over the years. There are guys that play well as rookies, but it's hard.

I don't think there's any substitute for experience.