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“He who can listen to the music in the midst of noise can achieve great things.”

Quoted in "Vikram A. Sarabhai". <br class="br">Source: Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai, 14 December 2013, New Mexico Museum of Space History http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.php?id=120,

“He said that failures compos us more as compared to successes.”

Vikram Sarabhai

About, Pride Of The Nation: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

“We are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real problems of man's society.”

Vikram Sarabhai

On the development of Indian Space Researach progarmme which he headed and the notable success achieved in the field.
Variant: But we are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real problems of man and society.

“So the real problem in this whole question relates to utilization of national resources for productive and social welfare against the burden of defense expenditure which a country can bear at any particular time.”

Vikram Sarabhai

On the issue of priority to internal development vis-a-vis external defense.
The Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb: Science, Secrecy and the Post-colonial State

“Our national goals involve leap-frogging from a state of economic backwardness and social disabilities attempting to achieve in a few decades a change which has incidentally taken centuries in other countries and in other lands. This involves innovative at all levels.”

Vikram Sarabhai

In the post-Nehru era with his vision on “Television and Development” quoted in [Joshi, Puran Chandra, Communication and National Development, http://books.google.com/books?id=re46IrFLtQ8C&pg=PR25, 1 January 2002, Anamika Publishers & Distributors, 978-81-7975-013-1, xxv]page xxv.

“A national programme which would provide television to about 80% of India’s population during the next ten years would be of great significance to national integration, for implementing schemes of economic and social development and for the stimulation and promotion of electronic industry. It is of particular significance for population living in isolated rural countries”

Vikram Sarabhai

His priority in 1974 quoted in "Communication and National Development".

Vikram Sarabhai Quotes about problems

“He was such a genius that he could very quickly solve any problem. He ws in the habit of giving new tips to young engineers. To keeo normal even in adverse situations was his natural features.”

Vikram Sarabhai

About, Pride Of The Nation: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

“In appreciating the value of space activities to a developing nation, one should recognize some inherent problems. They arise from the glamour that is associated with space activities. There is a real danger that developing nations may adopt a space program largely for this glamour, devoting resources not through a recognition of the values of which we are talking about here, but from a desire to create a sham image nationally and internationally. International cooperation in space activities may stimulate this state of affairs.”

Vikram Sarabhai

Quoted in "The Power of the Space Club"
Source: [Paikowsky, Deganit, The Power of the Space Club, 2017, Cambridge University Press, 9781107194496, https://books.google.co.in/books?id=e9AoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA157&lpg=PA157#v=onepage&q&f=false, 12 September 2019, en]

“There are some who question the relevance of space activities in a developing nation. To us, there is no ambiguity of purpose. We do not have the fantasy of competing with the economically advanced nations in the exploration of the Moon or the planets or manned space-flight. But we are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real problems of man and society, which we find in our country. And we should note that the application of sophisticated technologies and methods of analysis to our problems is not to be confused with embarking on grandiose schemes, whose primary impact is for show rather than for progress measured in hard economic and social terms.”

Vikram Sarabhai

Quoted in "List Of Important Speeches And Papers By Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai"
Source: [List Of Important Speeches And Papers By Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai., https://www.prl.res.in/~library/sarabhai_v_speeches.pdf, PRL.res.in, 27 June 2019, https://web.archive.org/web/20190627181445/https://www.prl.res.in/~library/sarabhai_v_speeches.pdf, 27 June 2019, 113]

Vikram Sarabhai Quotes

“We look down on our scientists if they engage in outside consultation. We implicitly promote the ivory tower.”

Vikram Sarabhai

Quoted in Quotations by 60 Greatest Indians, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/eresources/iresources/quotations.html,

“No great importance is to be given to mere experience.”

Vikram Sarabhai

In Vikram A. Sarabhai, 19 August 2002, 14 December 2013, OutlookIndia http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?216858,

Vikram Sarabhai

Quoted in

“I would like to emphasize that security can be endangered not only from outside but also from within. If you do not maintain the rate of progress of the economic development of the nation. I would suggest that you would have the most serious crisis, something that would disintegrate India as we know it.”

Vikram Sarabhai

At a time when there was crisis of considerable economic and political turmoil and when he was offered the chair of the Atomic Energy Commission.
The Making of the Indian Atomic Bomb: Science, Secrecy and the Post-colonial State

“The launch of satellite SLV was possible in India only due to the inspiration from Prof Vikram Sarabhai. It wont be an exaggeration if it is said that Prof Sarabhai is the sun shining over the horizon of Indian Science who would keep showing light to the future scientists.”

Vikram Sarabhai

About, Pride Of The Nation: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

“If he was not satisfied with the work of any engineer or scientist, he immediately told him his fault. He was very positive at such moments.”

Vikram Sarabhai

About, Pride Of The Nation: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

“He informed the whole of his team about any new project and started working on it only after having discussed with everyone.”

Vikram Sarabhai

About, Pride Of The Nation: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

“He said that if we want to establish ourselves in the world, we have to be self-sufficient and research for new ideas and techniques.”

Vikram Sarabhai

About, Pride Of The Nation: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

“He never deviated even in adverse situations, instead he accepted that to err or to forget something in order to learn something is not an offense.”

Vikram Sarabhai

About, Pride Of The Nation: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

“Prof Sarabhai had the keen desire that Indian must be independent in rocket manufacturing\, hence he always full of zeal to do something new.”

Vikram Sarabhai

About, Pride Of The Nation: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

“Vikram Sarabhai had dream to conquer the space is no more now but his dream is in fact a prime matter of research in the ISRO even today.”

Vikram Sarabhai

About, Pride Of The Nation: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

“The development of the nation is intimately linked with understanding and application of science and technology by its people.”

Vikram Sarabhai

Quoted in "Vikram A. Sarabhai".
Source: [The Tenth Dr. Vikram A. Sarabhai Festival of Performing Arts, https://www.prl.res.in/~library/sarabhai_v_quotes.pdf, PRL.res.in, 12 September 2019, https://web.archive.org/web/20190627192004/https://www.prl.res.in/~library/sarabhai_v_quotes.pdf, 12 September 2019, 28]