"We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming." ― Wernher von Braun Topic(s): Science More From Wernher von Braun "It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet." "Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing." "For my confirmation, I didn’t get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift." More In Science "I’ve always felt that the human-centered approach to computer science leads to more interesting, more exotic, more wild, and more heroic adventures than the machine-supremacy approach, where information is the highest goal."― Jaron Lanier "I noticed in the past, a lot of guys who like strong women, they really freak out if you’re not strong 24/7. Or they complain about you being strong, then the moment you’re not strong, they’re like, ‘Oh, no, no, no.’"― Salma Hayek "Today, over half of China’s undergraduate degrees are in math, science technology and engineering, yet only 16 percent of America’s undergraduates pursue these schools."― Cathy McMorris