Rocket Equation

Famous quotes containing the words rocket and/or equation:

“A rocket is a reed that thinks brilliantly.”
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)

“A nation fights well in proportion to the amount of men and materials it has. And the other equation is that the individual soldier in that army is a more effective soldier the poorer his standard of living has been in the past.”
—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)