Quotes by Wernher Braun

• We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
• It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.
• Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
• 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.
• There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.
• I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution.