Wernher von Braun Quotes About Science

Quotes about: Science

• 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?

  Wernher von Braun

  God, Science, Light

  Letter to the California State board of Education, September 14, 1972.

• 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.

  Wernher von Braun

  Believe, Science, Soul

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

  Wernher von Braun

  Children, Science, Moon

  Taped TV interview, broadcast on WMAL, Washington (January 7, 1972), as reported in "Birth of Child on Moon Foreseen by von Braun", New York Times (p. 14), January 7, 1972.

• 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.

  Wernher von Braun

  Inspirational, Death, Spiritual

  Wernher Von Braun (2007). “The Voice of Dr. Wernher Von Braun: An Anthology”, Collectors Guide Pub

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

  Wernher von Braun

  Business, Science, Space

  Attributed in Reader's Digest, May 1961

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

  Wernher von Braun

  Wisdom, Witty, Humorous

  "Work, Society, and Culture". The New York Times, December 16, 1957.

• Can a physicist visualize an electron? The electron is materially inconceivable and yet, it is so perfectly known through its effects that we use it to illuminate our cities, guide our airlines through the night skies and take the most accurate measurements. What strange rationale makes some physicists accept the inconceivable electrons as real while refusing to accept the reality of a Designer on the ground that they cannot conceive Him?

  Wernher von Braun

  God, Real, Airplane

  Letter to California State board of Education, September 14, 1972.

• 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.

  Wernher von Braun

  Science, Knives, Differences

  "Futurehype: The Myths of Technology Change". Book by Robert B. Seidensticker, 2009.

• 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.

  Wernher von Braun

  Science, Origin Of Life, Design

  Wernher Von Braun (2007). “The Voice of Dr. Wernher Von Braun: An Anthology”, Collectors Guide Pub

• It is in scientific honesty that I endorse the presentation of alternative theories for the origin of the universe, life and man in the science classroom. It would be an error to overlook the possibility that the universe was planned rather than happening by chance.

  Wernher von Braun

  Life, Honesty, Science

  Letter to California State board of Education, September 14, 1972.

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

  Wernher von Braun

  Baby, Science, Nine

• The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.

  Wernher von Braun

  Science, Rockets, Planets

  "Apollo in Perspective : Spaceflight Then and Now". Book by Jonathan Allday, 1999.

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

  Wernher von Braun

  Science, Men, Space

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

• 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.

  Wernher von Braun

  Science, Order, Law

  Letter to California State board of Education, September 14, 1972.

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

  Wernher von Braun

  Sarcastic, Work, Science

  "On Bureaucracy". "Chicago Sun-Times" Newspaper, July 10, 1958.

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