“ PROCURE ME IMMEDIATELY SOME TAFFETA AND ROPE, AND I WILL SHOW YOU SOMETHING THAT WILL ASTONISH THE WORLD! ” ​ — JOSEPH - MICHEL MONTGOLFIER, 1782.
” IEDODIET MAN GABALU TAFTA UN VIRVI, UN ES JUMS PARĀDĪŠU KAUT KO TĀDU, KAS PĀRSTEIGS VISU PASAULI! ” ( ŽOZEFS - MIŠELS MONGOLFJĒ, 1782.