#apollo

He cleared his throat and held up one hand dramatically. “Green grass breaks through snow. Artemis pleads for my help. I am so cool.” He grinned at us, waiting for applause. "That last line was four syllables.” Artemis said. Apollo frowned. “Was it?” “Yes. What about I am so bigheaded?” “No, no, that’s six syllable, hhhm.” He started muttering to himself. Zoe Nightshade turned to us. “Lord Apollo has been going through this haiku phase ever since he visited Japan. Tis not as bad as the time he visited Limerick. If I’d had to hear one more poem that started with, There once was a godess from Sparta-" “I’ve got it!” Apollo announced. “I am so awesome. That’s five syllables!” He bowed, looking very pleased with himself. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#artemis #haiku #humor #humor

Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any doubt it was a big contributor to my passions for science, engineering, and exploration. ↗

— Jeff Bezos

#apollo #big #contributor #doubt #engineering

Apollo Records signed me for my gospel ability. ↗

— Solomon Burke

#apollo #gospel #me #records #signed

Every human being has within him an ideal man, just as every piece of marble contains in a rough state a statue as beautiful as the one that Praxiteles the Greek made of the god Apollo. ↗

— Jose Marti

#beautiful #being #contains #every #god

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

— Paul Newman

#hard #sometimes #swallow #up #use

I like acting for now. But after seeing Apollo 13, what I really want to do is to be an astronaut. I'm dying to go to a space camp next summer! ↗

— Natalie Portman

#after #apollo #astronaut #camp #dying

Wow," Thalia muttered. "Apollo is hot." "He's the sun god," I said. "That's not what I meant. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#gods #hot #olympians #percy-jackson #sun

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

— Rick James

#because #earth #going #i #long

I think I was very interested in the space program as a kid, watching the first Apollo missions to the moon, and it's something I thought that would be a lot of, of fun and exciting and a very worthwhile job. ↗

— Mark Kelly

#exciting #first #fun #i #i think

He who commands an Apollo flight will not command a second one. ↗

— Wally Schirra

#command #commands #flight #second #who