Wernher von Braun

8 Quotes

Quotes by Wernher von Braun

1

We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

2

There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.

3

Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing.

4

Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft... and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor.

5

It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.

6

I have learned to use the word impossible with the greatest caution.

7

For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift.

8

Crash programs fail because they are based on the theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby a month.