APOLLO 13 FAMOUS QUOTES

“Houston, we’ve had a problem.” – James A. Lovell Jr.

“Failure is not an option.” – Gene Kranz

“There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen.” – James A. Lovell Jr.

“It’s not a miracle we need. We need a backup plan.” – Jim Lovell

“Let’s work the problem, people!” – Gene Kranz

“We’ve never lost an American in space and we’re sure as hell not gonna lose one on my watch! Failure is not an option!” – Gene Kranz

“I think you’re gonna find that pretty hard to wash off.” – Jim Lovell

“We’ve got to make this fit into a hole for this using nothing but that.” – Fred Haise

“From now on, we live in a world where man has walked on the moon. It wasn’t a miracle, we just decided to go.” – Jim Lovell

“You can’t put people’s lives at risk just ’cause you want a little adventure.” – Marilyn Lovell

“You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.” – Jim Lovell

“Let’s work the problem, people.” – Gene Kranz

“With all due respect, I believe this is going to be our finest hour.” – Gene Kranz

“I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon. Space is our new frontier.” – John F. Kennedy MOTIVATIONAL POLLYANNA QUOTES

“We’ve got a hardware store up here.” – Fred Haise

“We’re not gonna have enough power left to reach Earth.” – Fred Haise

“We’ve never lost an American in space and we’re sure as hell not gonna lose one on my watch! Failure is not an option!” – Gene Kranz

“Failure is not an option.” – Gene Kranz

“I sometimes catch myself looking up at the moon, remembering the changes of fortune in our long voyage, thinking of the thousands of people who worked to bring the three of us home.” – Jim Lovell

“Our mission was called ‘a successful failure,’ in that we returned safely but never made it to the moon.” – Jim Lovell

“Apollo 13, Houston. We have a problem.” – Jim Lovell

“It’s not a miracle we need, it’s a plan.” – Jim Lovell

“I feel like I’m living on borrowed time.” – Jack Swigert

“We’ve got to build something to filter the air. We’ve got to get them home.” – Jim Lovell

“We are not going to be responsible for the first disaster in the history of manned spaceflight.” – Gene Kranz

“No bucks, no Buck Rogers.” – Flight Director Gene Kranz