The Wright Brothers Respond To Their Haters

If they’d listened, they’d never have invented the airplane.

On Airplanes

On Airplanes

Orville: They call us crazy! They say, "If man were meant to fly, God would have given us wings!"
Wilbur: Nay! We will use science and human ingenuity to give man the power of flight!

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On SCUBA Equipment

On SCUBA Equipment

Orville: They say, "If man were meant to breathe underwater, God would have given us gills!"
Wilbur: Nay! For we should strive to be more like birds! And birds can't breathe underwater!
Orville: Right–wait, what?

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