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1 " 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. "
― Wernher von Braun
2 " Everything science has taught me strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death. 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. "
3 " I'm convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon. "
4 " In future utopia will need to hurry to keep up with reality. "
5 " 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. "
6 " Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. "
7 " We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. "
8 " I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution. "
9 " It was very successful, but it fell on the wrong planet. "
10 " In Zukunft wird sich die Utopie beeilen müssen, wenn sie die Realität einholen will. "
11 " And don't tell me that man doesn't belong out there [space]. Man belongs wherever he wants to go — and he’ll do plenty well when he gets there. "
12 " One good test is worth a thousand expert opinions. "
13 " Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing. "
14 " The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor. "
15 " Our sun is one of a 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating the universe. It would be the height of presumption to think that we are the only living thing in that enormous immensity. "
16 " 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. "
17 " You can’t have a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant. "
18 " One test result is the worth one-thousand expert opinions. "
19 " Crash programs fail because they are based on the theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby a month. "
20 " I have learned to use the world ‘impossible’ with the greatest caution. "
