Sputnik quickly became one of the three great shocks to hit America - historians say the equal of Pearl Harbor or 9/11. — David Hoffman Copy Share Image
The Sputnik is just to me like a firework, a rocket, a new invention. — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
In order for the United States to do the right things for the long term, it appears to be helpful for us… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
“Alan shrugged. “I love the CBC, really, but being voted its president—” “Co-president,” Sputnik corrected. “—is kind of like being declared King… — J.M. Richards Copy Share Image
My name is Alexei Yuri Gagarin Siege of Stalingrad Glorious Five Year Plan Sputnik Tractor Moscow Dynamo Back Four Balowski. Me Dad… — Alexei Sayle Copy Share Image
All my life, everything important that had ever happened had always happened somewhere else. But Sputnik was right there in front of… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
To say that Sputnik gave rise to some concern in the United States would be the understatement of the century. The truth… — John Naughton Copy Share Image
For days after the launch, Sputnik was a wonderful curiosity. A man-made moon visible by ordinary citizens, it inspired awe and pride… — David Hoffman Copy Share Image
More than fifty years ago Sputnik dramatically raised the nation's awareness of what was lacking in science and math education in America.… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
I was only eight when Sputnik was launched, and at that age the boundary between science and fiction is pretty blurry. Whichever… — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
MEN WALK ON THE MOON. To me, this speaks of a time when America wasn't just about the almighty buck. The Russians… — Nathan Fillion Copy Share Image
The time will come when a spacecraft carrying human beings will leave the earth and set out on a voyage to distant… — Sergei Korolev Copy Share Image
I closed my eyes and listened carefully for the descendants of Sputnik, even now circling the earth, gravity their only tie to… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
My platitudes don't hold their interest and I can hardly blame them for that. My real stories are all out of date.… — Sara Gruen Copy Share Image
The first man-made satellite to orbit the earth was named Sputnik. The first living creature in space was Laika. The first rocket… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I know that some knowledgeable people fear that although we might be willing to spend a couple of billion dollars in 1958,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At the end of October 4 in 1957, when I was coming back from sea duty in the South Pacific, Sputnik went… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Whether the Eisenhower administration has underestimated the American people's interest in space exploration or Truman never full appreciated MacArthur, the Soviet Union's… — Ken Hollings Copy Share Image
“When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957, my parents, like the rest of America, were terrified. The Soviets had nuclear weapons… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
“In those days, this was years for the sputnik thing, it was customary to downgrade the Russians' science. People who know something… — E.L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
A little righteous anger really brings out the best in the American personality. Our nation was born when 56 patriots got mad… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
The heyday perhaps of American public infrastructure is the Sputnik moment of the 1950s, the [Dwaight] Eisenhower administration, for instance, which rolls… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
Do you know what ‘Sputnik’ means in Russian? ‘Travelling companion’. I looked it up in a dictionary not long ago. Kind of… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I am in a slight difficulty because I find myself in a minute minority there, in that this Sputnik didn't either interest… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel so- I don’t know - lonely. The kind of helpless feeling when everything you’re used to has been ripped… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
My first match was against Sputnik Monroe at the Amarillo Sports Arena. It was scheduled for only ten minutes. Sputnik got me… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
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