Steve Sheinkin Quotes & Sayings

At some time, every Negro in the armed services asks himself what he is getting for the supreme sacrifice he is called upon to make. - Pittsburgh Courier, November 9, 1944 — Steve Sheinkin

In the end, this is a difficult story to sum up. The making of the atomic bomb is one of history's most amazing examples of teamwork and genius and poise under pressure. But it's also the story of how humans created a weapon capable of wiping our species off the planet. It's a story with no end in sight.
And, like it or not, you're in it. — Steve Sheinkin

When do I start? is the most refreshing thing I've heard in this whole war. — Steve Sheinkin

I'm a big fan of Clint Eastwood, but the Westerns I draw from most directly come from an earlier period in Hollywood. I actually look back at movies like 'Rio Bravo' and others I've liked over the years, and I capture pictures from the movies and use them as a reference for the scenes I create. — Steve Sheinkin

A man who is a man goes on until he can go no further - and then goes twice as far. — Steve Sheinkin

She was too well-trained to panic. — Steve Sheinkin

Here at great expense,' [Colonel Groves] moaned to Oppenheimer, 'the government has assembled the world's largest collection of crackpots. — Steve Sheinkin

One of the best things about my job is that I get to meet a lot of great children's and YA authors at events all over the country. So I figured it might be fun to interview some of them and turn the interviews into short online comics. — Steve Sheinkin

Everyone worked day and night, Monday through Saturday. Oppenheimer insisted people take Sundays off to rest and recharge. Scientists fished for trout in nearby streams, or climbed mountains and discussed physics while watching the sunrise. "This is how many discoveries were made," one scientist said. — Steve Sheinkin

They were willing to send men and women to death to avoid being called losers. — Steve Sheinkin

It was important to my father that I go to Hebrew school three days a week for two or three hours each time. To me, it felt endless. Think about it from a kid's perspective: I would finish my normal school day, then get on a bus and go to another school. That was tough to take. — Steve Sheinkin

He left behind several failed careers, two failed marriages, and a reputation as a clever but fairly annoying fellow. — Steve Sheinkin

The fact that these men were wearing the uniform of the United States Navy made no difference. — Steve Sheinkin

Harvard coach Bill Reid would later credit Teddy Roosevelt with saving football. But words in a rule book are one thing. Someone had to show the nation a new way to play the game. The Carlisle Indians did that. — Steve Sheinkin