Orville Wright Quotes

When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and the motor had been run to make sure that it was in condition, we tossed a coin to decide who should have the first trial. Wilbur won.

Orville Wright

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: inventor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 19, 1871 - January 30, 1948

Topics

StartRunFirstCoinDecideSure

I had thirty weeks of prep on 'Captain America.' I have a small team of qualified, supportive, creative producers who are actually helping me achieve my vision of the film. I had a dream cast headed by Chris Evans. I had the best designers, artists, sculptors, craftspeople.

Joe Johnston

VisionBestCreativeMeTeamSmall

Self-centered leaders manipulate when they move people for personal benefit. Mature leaders motivate by moving people for mutual benefit.

John C. Maxwell

PeopleMovingMaturePersonalMove

I was this little kid writing songs. I look back at having that dream, and it's weird. Being able to do it and live out your dream on any scale is amazing. I don't take any of it for granted at all.

Andy Biersack

LiveAmazingWritingWeirdLookKid

There simply aren't enough constitutional safeguards in place to protect against a rogue president.

Jeff Vandermeer

EnoughPlacePresidentProtectRogue

It takes a long time to make me beautiful, but it goes fast to make me ugly.

Stellan Skarsgard

BeautifulTimeUglyMeLongFast

I would be involved with music whether I had a career or not. I'm always going to be writing songs and recording them.

Tom Scholz

MusicWritingCareerAlwaysGoing

Much of what Karl Popper contributed to the philosophy of science has now passed into mainstream thought, into the currency of that nebulous, tricky ontology known as 'common sense.'

Liz Williams

ScienceThoughtCommon SenseNow

I have more of a relationship with the subject than I do with my camera equipment. To me, camera equipment is like a tin of shoe polish and a brush - I use that as a tool, but my basic camera is my emotion and my eyes. It's not anything to do with the wonderful cameras I use.

Don McCullin

RelationshipEyesMeCameraShoe

I love pies of all types. I especially love rhubarb. I grew up with rhubarb growing on our property, and my mom would make rhubarb pies and jam. I have to admit, though, my earliest memories of rhubarb were not fond ones, but over time, I grew to love it.

Johnny Iuzzini

LoveMemoriesTimeMomGrowingOver

I don't like anything about Drake.

DMX

AnythingLikeAboutDrake

We tend to think of heroes only in terms of violent combat, whether it's against enemies or a natural disaster. But human beings also perform radical acts of compassion; we just don't talk about them, or we don't talk about them as much.

Diane Ackerman

CompassionThinkTalkHumanHeroes

Reviewers are the worst laughers in the world.

Chris O'Dowd

WorldWorstReviewers

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