Propeller Quotes

When you accept that failure is a good thing, it can actually be a huge propeller toward success.

The Nautilus was piercing the water with its sharp spur, after having accomplished nearly ten thousand leagues in three months and a half, a distance greater than the great circle of the earth. Where were we going now, and what was reserved for the future?

Separately there was only wind, water, sail, and hull, but at my hand the four had been given purpose and direction.

I believe that simple flight at least is possible to man and that the experiments and investigations of a large number of independent workers will result in the accumulation of information, knowledge, and skill which will finally lead to accomplished flight.

Enthusiasm is the electric current that keeps the engine of life going at top speed. Enthusiasm is the very propeller of progress.

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.

One of the curiosities that we daily see pass under our windows is the steamboat—a passage vessel with accommodation with near a hundred persons. It is moved by a steam-engine turning a wheel on either side of it, which acts like the main wheel of a mill, and propels the vessel against the wind and tide at a rate of four miles an hour.

We all fly. Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.

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.

It turns out that if you optimize the performance of a car and of an airplane, they are very far away in terms of mechanical features. So you can make a flying car. But they are not very good planes, and they are not very good cars.