"We had risen to probably one of the greatest challenges in history, put a man on the moon in the decade. We'd created incredible technologies. But what was most important, we'd created the teams, what I call the human factor. People who were energized by a mission."

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Source : "Space Lifeguard: An Interview with Gene Kranz". Interview with Andrew Chaikin, web.archive.org. April 11, 2000.

Gene Kranz

#Team Quotes #Moon Quotes #Technology Quotes

“So many of us had been armed that there were holsters and weapons scattered among the passed-out bodies like mercenary prizes in a fleshy Cracker Jack box.”
“I roll with Ladies just as tropic as the chronic in my pocket Cop it, Crush it, Roll it, Spark it, and mix it in with the chocolate”
“Look may be that everything is right, it is always best to have an inspection before marching. To forget a screw, if you have a loose one, and only discover your loss when you are miles from home and the view before you is "perfect", is to promote, possibly suicide, certainly profanity.”

Source : Henry Peach Robinson (2010). “Letters on Landscape Photography”, p.30, Hol Art Books
“I was captured for life by chemistry and by crystals.”
“No amount of success - whatever that means, quote-unquote success - no amount of success replaces the reality of being separated from my family for this long.”
“Let me tell you the first president to recognize the state of Israel was Harry Truman, a Democrat and every president since, Democrat and Republican, has stood closely with Israel.”
“My job is to teach them to believe they could perform better than they realize. Great coaches teach athletes to go beyond the barriers.”
“The proverbial thirteenth chime of the clock - is not only wrong itself, but calls into question everything that came before it.”

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