Man belongs wherever he wants to go – and he’ll do plenty well when he gets there.
WERNHER VON BRAUNCrash programs fail because they are based on theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby in a month.
More Wernher von Braun Quotes
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I believe in an immortal soul. Science has proved that nothing disintegrates into nothingness. Life and soul, therefore, cannot disintegrate into nothingness, and so are immortal.
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By the year 2000 we will undoubtedly have a sizable operation on the Moon, we will have achieved a manned Mars landing and it’s entirely possible we will have flown with men to the outer planets.
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I have learned to use the word ‘impossible’ with the greatest caution.
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Conquering the universe one has to solve two problems: gravity and red tape. We could have mastered gravity.
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My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?
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There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program – your tax-dollar will go further.
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One good test is worth a thousand expert opinions.
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We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
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Looking back, nothing seems so simple than a utopian vision realised.
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Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently.
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I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advances of science.
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For me, the idea of a creation is not conceivable without invoking the necessity of design. One cannot be exposed to the law and order of the universe without concluding that there must be design and purpose behind it all.
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Nature does not know extinction; all it knows is transformation. Everything science has taught me-and continues to teach me-strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death. Nothing disappears without a trace.
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My friends they were dancing here in the streets of Huntsville when our first satellite orbited the Earth. They were dancing again when the first Americans landed on the Moon. I’d like to ask you, don’t hang up your dancing slippers.
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To simply dismiss the concept of God as being unscientific is to violate the very objectivity of science itself.
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