Famously Said Random quote

Wernher von Braun — Portrait after a picture by NASA/MSFC (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

The quotations of

Wernher von Braun

German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect

1912–1977

4 quotes, most often on Science and God.

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?
From a letter to the California State board of Education (14 September 1972)
- God
- Science
We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
“On Bureaucracy”, Chicago Sun Times (10 July 1958), as quoted in Gaither’s Dictionary of Scientific Quotations, 2nd edition (2012), by Carl C. Gaither and Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither, editors, p. 925
- Comedy
- Work
One cannot be exposed to the law and order of the universe without concluding that there must be design and purpose behind it all.
From a letter to the California State board of Education (14 September 1972)
- God
- Science
One of the most disconcerting issues of our time lies in the fact that modern science, along with miracle drugs and communications satellites, has also produced nuclear bombs.
Responsible Scientific Investigation and Application (1976)
- Science
- War & Peace

Most quoted

C. S. Lewis1898–1963151 quotes

Mark Twain1835–1910151 quotes

Benjamin Franklin1706–179098 quotes

Martin Luther King Jr.1929–196884 quotes

Albert Einstein1879–195595 quotes

Dave Barryborn 1947100 quotes