The men flyers have given out the impression that aeroplaning is very perilous work, something that an ordinary mortal should not dream of attempting…

- Harriet Quimby

There is no reason why the aeroplane should not open up a fruitful occupation for women.

- Harriet Quimby

Everyone asks me 'how it feels to fly.' It feels like riding in a high powered automobile, minus bumping over the rough roads, continually signaling …

- Harriet Quimby

If a woman wants to fly, first of all she must, of course, abandon skirts and don a knickerbocker uniform.

- Harriet Quimby

I was annoyed from the start by the attitude of doubt by the spectators that I would never really make the flight. This attitude made me more determi…

- Harriet Quimby

I saw at once that I had only to rise in my machine, fix my eyes upon the castle, fly over it and speed directly across to the French coast. It seeme…

- Harriet Quimby

The aeroplane should open a fruitful occupation for women. I see no reason they cannot realize handsome incomes by carrying passengers between adjace…

- Harriet Quimby