Creative Quotations from Wernher von Braun (1912-1977)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Wernher von Braun
(1912-1977) born on Mar 23

German-US engineer. "He pioneered all aspects of rocketry and space exploration, first in Germany and, after World War II, in the U.S."

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Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I'm doing.

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

"The best computer is a man, and it's the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor."

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

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

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "Quotable Business," ed. Louis E. Boone, 1992."
R:	"From "Alt.Quotations Misc," an internet collection of quotations."
A:	From an Internet collection of quotations.
N:	From an Internet collection of quotations.
K:	"On bureaucracy, Chicago "Sun Times," 10 Jul 1958."