Two Quotes From the First Atomic Explosion

"If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one. Now I am become Death, destroyer of worlds."

From the Bhagavad Gita, as quoted by Robert Oppenheimer, the "father" of the Bomb.

"Now we are all sons-of-bitches."

Dr. Kenneth Bainbridge, site director of the first explosion.

Both quoted in today's article in Wired.