Apollo Quote by Glenn Ligon Download Open image “I met Obama once, backstage at the Apollo in Harlem.” — Glenn Ligon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Apollo Backstage Harlem Obama Once
The first time I met President Obama was 2006 in Baghdad. He was the senator from Illinois; it was a month before he actually… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
This week, President Obama attended what was either the G-20 summit or his high school reunion. I haven't seen old white dudes this excited… — Seth Meyers Copy Share Image
President Barack Obama was amazing. You know how you imagine it would be to meet a celebrity, and that person may actually have a… — Liza Koshy Copy Share Image
I saw Louis Armstrong perform at Albany State College on Radio Springs Road. He was probably the first famous individual I saw in concert.… — Ray Stevens Copy Share Image
The most surreal moment might have been meeting President Obama. It was really cool, actually; they, like, announced us into the room. There was… — Gaten Matarazzo Copy Share Image
I knew Barack Obama, absolutely. And I knew him probably as well as thousands of other Chicagoans. — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
I was not fortunate enough to run into Obama. We were at the same church per se, but I would never be there when… — Mavis Staples Copy Share Image
I was part of the journey of a remarkable man [Barack Obama] who did remarkable things. — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Obama was the first president whose biography makes sense to me. He can walk into a room anywhere and find common ground with any… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
I've met a handful of presidents, from Jimmy Carter to Bill Clinton to George Bush to Barack Obama. — Jimmie Johnson Copy Share Image
Throughout African-American literature, the writer has, in a sense, been burdened by the necessity of pleading the case for the whole race. For example,… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
Race is not something inherent to one's being: One does feel more or less colored, depending on the situation. — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
I think there's an interest right now in the performance aspect of artworks, instead of just hanging things on walls. We're in a moment… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
A key text for me is James Baldwin's essays. And, in particular, his essay Stranger in the Village. It's a text that I've used… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
It's a great idea: to feel the rhythm of something by seeing how it flows on a page. — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
In writing, something is always left out: it can't be articulated in the space of an essay. — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
Willem de Kooning paintings are a language to be learned. When they were first shown, they were ridiculed as being just drips and splatters… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
My mother really didn't come from artists. Her famous quote to me was, "The only artists I've ever heard of are dead." The pottery… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
“I have found it an amusing strategy, when asked whether I am an atheist, to point out that the questioner is also an atheist… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Kennedy had made a mess in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. He had to do something to look good. The Apollo program of… — Wally Schirra Copy Share Image
Apollo?” I guessed… He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.” A god named Fred? — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
As a former Apollo astronaut, I think it's safe to say that SpaceX and the other commercial developers embody the 21st century version of… — Rusty Schweickart Copy Share Image
Apollo was a big, unwieldy vehicle. I had a problem with the flight controllers over that. It would try to fare its way like… — Wally Schirra Copy Share Image
I used to be a street performer, and performances on Venice Beach, it's like playing the Apollo: They let you know if they don't… — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Copy Share Image
I owe much of my success to Seann Walsh. He kept recommending me for Live At The Apollo until eventually the producers offered me… — Romesh Ranganathan Copy Share Image
A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
Armstrong, sitting in the commander's seat, spacesuit on, helmet on, plugged into electrical and environmental umbilical's, is a man who is not only a… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
Have any of you taken a look out at Greece in the last, say, hour or so? (Hermes) What? Are they reacting to the… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“As additional precautions, Kranz requested that a two-hundred-foot radio antenna (called a deep-space dish) in Australia be added to the global network tracking and… — Henry S.F. Cooper Jr Copy Share Image
“He saw her eyes bright as stars; he saw her lips, and was not satisfied with only seeing them.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
