James E. Webb quotes

James E. Webb quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Don't you know alcohol kills brain cells...any damn brain cell that can't live through a good drunk deserves to die. You're doing yourself a favour, getting rid of all them nonhacking, underachieving ones. I'm working on improving your efficiency.”
-- James E. Webb

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“Our attainments [in space] are a major element in the competition between the Soviet system and our own . . . . in this sense, [they] are part of the battle along the fluid front of the cold war.”
-- James E. Webb

#War Quotes #Moon Quotes #Space Quotes
“Bold objects require conservative engineering.”
-- James E. Webb

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