--- title: "4 Gravity Quotes By Wernher von Braun" description: "4 Gravity quotes by Wernher von Braun. Plus more from Wernher von Braun and more Gravity sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/wernher-von-braun-11841_free-man_it-the-rocket-will-free-man-from-his-rem_1126909.jpg" --- > [ “It \[the rocket\] will free man from his remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. It… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/it-the-rocket-will-free-man-from-his-remaining-chains-the-chains-of/) [Wernher Von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/wernher-von-braun-11841_free-man_it-the-rocket-will-free-man-from-his-rem_1126909.jpg) > [We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/we-can-lick-gravity-but-sometimes-the-paperwork-is-overwhelming/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/wernher-von-braun-11841_gravity_we-can-lick-gravity-but-sometimes-the-pa_1665306.jpg) > [It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/it-will-free-man-from-the-remaining-chains-the-chains-of-gravity/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/822/wernher-von-braun-11841_chains_it-will-free-man-from-the-remaining-chai_2952566.jpg) > [Conquering the universe one has to solve two problems: gravity and red tape. We could have mastered gravity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/conquering-the-universe-one-has-to-solve-two-problems-gravity-and-red/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29a/wernher-von-braun-11841_conquer_conquering-the-universe-one-has-to-solve_2978203.jpg) ## Other authors on Gravity - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-degrasse-tyson-70683.jpg) Neil deGrasse Tyson 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/neil-degrasse-tyson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-isaac-newton-44709.jpg) Isaac Newton 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/isaac-newton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-alex-hirsch-3407.jpg) Alex Hirsch 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/alex-hirsch/) - [Paul Laffoley 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/paul-laffoley/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-hawking-87021.jpg) Stephen Hawking 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/stephen-hawking/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 9 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lee-smolin-59361.jpg) Lee Smolin 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/lee-smolin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-albert-einstein-10494.jpg) Albert Einstein 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/albert-einstein/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephenie-meyer-87156.jpg) Stephenie Meyer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/stephenie-meyer/) - [Peggy Whitson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/peggy-whitson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michio-kaku-67732.jpg) Michio Kaku 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gravity/michio-kaku/) ## More by Wernher von Braun > [Can a physicist visualize an electron? The electron is materially inconceivable and yet, it is so perfectly known through its effects that we use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/can-a-physicist-visualize-an-electron-the-electron-is-materially/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) > [What we will have attained when Neil Armstrong steps down upon the moon is a completely new step in the evolution of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/what-we-will-have-attained-when-neil-armstrong-steps-down-upon-the/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) > [The first men who set out for Mars had better make sure they leave everything at home in apple-pie order. They won't get back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/the-first-men-who-set-out-for-mars-had-better-make-sure-they-leave/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) > [I only hope that we shall not wait to adopt the program until after our astronomers have reported a new and unsuspected asteroid moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/i-only-hope-that-we-shall-not-wait-to-adopt-the-program-until-after/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) > [For me, the idea of a creation is not conceivable without invoking the necessity of design. One cannot be exposed to the law and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/for-me-the-idea-of-a-creation-is-not-conceivable-without-invoking-the/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) > [In 1492 Columbus knew less about the far Atlantic than we do about the heavens, yet he chose not to sail with a flotilla…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/in-1492-columbus-knew-less-about-the-far-atlantic-than-we-do-about/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) > [Although I know of no reference to Christ ever commenting on scientific work, I do know that He said, "Ye shall know the truth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/although-i-know-of-no-reference-to-christ-ever-commenting-on/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) > [There is beauty in space, and it is orderly. There is no weather, and there is regularity. It is predictable. Just look at our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/there-is-beauty-in-space-and-it-is-orderly-there-is-no-weather-and/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) > [Science and religion are not antagonists. On the contrary, they are sisters. While science tries to learn more about the creation, religion tries to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/science-and-religion-are-not-antagonists-on-the-contrary-they-are/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) > [It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/it-takes-sixty-five-thousand-errors-before-you-are-qualified-to-make/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) > [“Crash programs fail because they are based on the theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby a month.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/crash-programs-fail-because-they-are-based-on-the-theory-that-with/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) > [The same forces of nature which enable us to fly to the stars, enable us also to destroy our star.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/the-same-forces-of-nature-which-enable-us-to-fly-to-the-stars-enable/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) > [With our present knowledge, we can respond to the challenge of stellar space flight solely with intellectual concepts and purely hypothetical analysis. Hardware solutions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/with-our-present-knowledge-we-can-respond-to-the-challenge-of-stellar/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) > [In this modern world of ours many people seem to think that science has somehow made such religious ideas as immortality untimely or old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wernher-von-braun/in-this-modern-world-of-ours-many-people-seem-to-think-that-science/) [Wernher von Braun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wernher-von-braun/) > [ “It \[the rocket\] will free man from his remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. 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