Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

Well, gentlemen, do you believe in the possibility of aerial locomotion by machines heavier than air? ... You ask yourselves doubtless if this apparatus, so marvellously adapted for aerial locomotion, is susceptible of receiving greater speed. It is not worth while to conquer space if we cannot devour it. I wanted the air to be a solid support to me, and it is. I saw that to struggle against the wind I must be stronger than the wind, and I am.

It may be taken for granted that, rash as the Americans are, when they are prudent there is good reason for it.

If there were no thunder, men would have little fear of lightning.

Anything capable of being imagined will one day be made reality.

....oysters are the only food that never causes indigestion. Indeed, a man would have to eat sixteen dozen of these acephalous molluscs in order to gain the 315 grammes of nitrogen he requires daily.

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.