#pro

I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67. That program got cancelled in '69 and NASA ended up taking half of us. ↗

— Robert Crippen

#back #called #cancelled #ended #got

The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

#another #conform #copying #defying #how

When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money. ↗

— Imogen Cunningham

#money #portraits #professionally #you

I am hugely proud to have played for Ireland. ↗

— Kenny Cunningham

#hugely #i #i am #ireland #played

We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty, and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, 'Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.' I suppose we all thought that, one way or another. ↗

— J. Robert Oppenheimer

#nuclear-bomb #science #wwii #death

I use an Arnold Palmer putter that was probably built back in 1954. ↗

— Lee Trevino

#arnold palmer #back #built #i #palmer

The other states look to New York for the progressive direction. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#look #new #new york #other #progressive

I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country. ↗

— Will Cuppy

#any #boast #country #i #like

ESPN has this problem with sports, it's impossible to fill 24 hours with sports programming so they have to resort to things like poker and arm wrestling tournaments. ↗

— Drew Curtis

#espn #fill #hours #impossible #like

I work with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. I sit proudly as one of only two recovering addicts on their board. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

#addiction #board #center #columbia #columbia university