Wernher von Braun

“I'm convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon.”

“מחקר בסיסי זה מה שאני עושה כשאני לא יודע מה אני עושה.”

“אנחנו יכולים להביס את כוח הכבידה, אבל לפעמית העבודה המשרדית מכריעה.”

“הטיל עבד מצוין, הוא רק נחת על הכוכב הלא נכון.”

“היקום עוין רק לאלה שלא מכירים את חוקיו. לאלה שמכירים אותם ומצייתים להם, היקום ידידותי.”

“למדע אין ממד מוסרי. זה כמו סכין. תן אותה למנתח או לרוצח, כל אחד יעשה בה שימוש שונה.”

“It [the rocket] will free man from his remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. It will open to him the gates of heaven.”

“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.”

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

“All one can really leave one's children is what's inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the ultimate legacy, the only thing that cannot be taken away.”

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

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

“Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.”

“In future utopia will need to hurry to keep up with reality.”

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