80 Apollo Quotes for You to Enjoy

A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon. Nancy Gibbs

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I began skating in the official practice venue of the 2002 Games. It was a huge Olympic atmosphere with Apollo Ohno sitting on the wall every day when I walked into the rink. That was really cool and very inspiring to see. Nathan Chen

Within NASA, the shuttle is perhaps the least-groundbreaking project. Recall that Apollo was about creating brand-new technologies that did something unprecedented - putting men on the moon. The shuttle is, by comparison, a relic designed to make going into orbit routine. Nathan Myhrvold

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We collectively have a special place in our heart for the manned space flight program - Apollo nostalgia is one element, but that is only part of it. American culture worships explorers - look at the fame of Lewis and Clark, for example. The American people want to think of themselves as supporting exploration. Nathan Myhrvold

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If the United States commits to the goal of reaching Mars, it will almost certainly do so in reaction to the progress of other nations - as was the case with NASA, the Apollo program, and the project that became the International Space Station. Neil deGrasse Tyson

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So you wound up with Apollo. If he's sometimes hard to swallow. Use this. Paul Newman

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We are very fortunate to have Matt Carter join the Apollo board. Matt brings deep management, operations, marketing and international business expertise to the company, along with a track record of growing and strengthening well-known consumer brands. Peter Sperling

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My mother sang jazz and opera - she even performed at the Apollo on Amateur Night. Rakim

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I wanted to play the Apollo because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long. Rick James

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The Apollo generation wasn't a historical fluke. It was the predictable result of what happens when a free nation actually decides on something and goes for it. We can do it again, do it better, and do it for keeps this time. But we must decide: Will America, as a nation, support the settlement of space? Rick Tumlinson

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We need Big Ideas, as we are in a time of small people, and as Kennedy showed with Apollo, doing something grand in space is the biggest. At a time of huge national doubt and fear of losing our leadership as a nation to others, it focused us, gave us something positive and inspired a generation. Rick Tumlinson

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I grew up in the 1960s and wanted to become part of the great space exploration effort, but when I graduated from college in 1974, the Apollo program was over, and the country had moved into this pessimistic mode. We had entered the 'age of limits.' Robert Zubrin

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With 'Apollo 13,' I wasn't sure the genre would work, because space films hadn't done that well. Ron Howard

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The first movie I did that was inspired by true events was 'Apollo 13.' Ron Howard

Events First Inspired True Did Movie Apollo

When 'Apollo 13' appeared as an opportunity and I began to tackle that in as authentic a way as I possibly could, I really became enthralled by the philosophical side of space travel and why we need to explore - what it means to us here on Earth - all of those things. I became a huge proponent. Ron Howard

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The Apollo is where all the greats performed. Rotimi

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Nothing would make me happier if people got curious enough to actually go online to and start looking and researching the Apollo 1 fire... That would be amazing to me if people would actually go through the trouble to figure that stuff out. Stephanie Savage

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The fastest manned vehicle in history was Apollo 10. It reached 25,000 mph. Stephen Hawking

History Vehicle Reached Manned Apollo Fastest

For other comics, it's about full-spectrum dominance, being on panel shows and having one-liners and being a good chat show guest and having a good seven minutes you can do on 'Live At The Apollo.' But I really think about these subsequent finished pieces, you know? And they don't always chop up well into one-liners and routines. Stewart Lee

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We certainly would not be here, living and working on the International Space Station without the commitment and dedication of all the folks who worked the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Programs as well as the Russian Space Program. Sunita Williams

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