Failure is Not an Option Quotes

“While we often moved to different cadences, our nation was alive with ideals. We were in motion. Violence was everywhere but so was a conviction that we must somehow make this a better world.”
― Gene Kranz, Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

“Probability said that someday we would run out of luck—as”
― Gene Kranz, Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

“I think everyone, once in his life, should be given a ticker-tape parade. The”
― Gene Kranz, Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

“I find myself crying unabashedly, then I try to suck it in, realizing this is inappropriate.”
― Gene Kranz, Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

“Coffee was the substance that kept us going. Our surgeons had offered us something stronger, but we were all concerned about our performance deteriorating when the stimulants wore off.”
― Gene Kranz, Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

“How long the flight took on one of those old prop aircraft on any given day depended on the size of the bugs that hit the windshield and slowed it down.”
― Gene Kranz, Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

“The story doesn’t end here, however. With no car pass and faced with a mile-long walk from the front gate, John came up with an alternative not covered by the regulations. The first day of his suspension, Llewellyn pulled his horse trailer into the parking lot at the Nassau Bay Hotel across from the NASA main gate. Mounting the horse with his leather briefcase, then showing his badge prominently to the surprised guard, Llewellyn galloped through the gate to Mission Control. For the remainder of the week we knew John was in the office or on console when we saw a horse hitched to the bicycle stand. Llewellyn’s legend grew once again.”
― Gene Kranz, Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond

“I think everyone, once in his life, should be given a ticker-tape parade.”
― Gene Kranz, Failure is not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond