Robert H. Goddard Quotes

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It is not a simple matter to differentiate unsuccessful from successful experiments....[Most] work that is finally successful is the result of a series of unsuccessful tests in which difficulties are gradually eliminated.

Robert H. Goddard
How many more years I shall be able to work on the problem I do not know; I hope, as long as I live. There can be no thought of finishing, for 'aiming at the stars' both literally and figuratively, is a problem to occupy generations, so that no matter how much progress one makes, there is always the thrill of just beginning.

Robert H. Goddard
The fact that errors in scientific reasoning are so common should not serve as a discouragement. Every fallacy we detect can show us where we are at fault, and guide us toward the truth.

Robert H. Goddard
The only antidote for fallacies is — in a word — to take nothing for granted.

Robert H. Goddard
I still seem to be alone in my enthusiasm for liquid-fueled rockets, but have a hunch that the time is coming when a good many will want to get aboard the bandwagon.

Robert H. Goddard
Often a science in its infancy, because it is unable to distinguish between path and barrier, falsely judges many things to be possible and others to be impossible.

Robert H. Goddard
In this present age of science, when no problem seems too baffling for the inventor, and no mysterious phenomenon too much in the dark for elucidation by the discoverer, it is surprising that so few fundamental scientific theories can be proved.

Robert H. Goddard
It is dangerous to believe hastily that anything is either possible or impossible, for there are few scientific assertions which have been proved to universal satisfaction. Our firmest scientific beliefs of today may be shattered tomorrow.

Robert H. Goddard