It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
NEIL ARMSTRONGEach book holds an experience and an adventure.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.
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Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.
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In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
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The view of the moon that we’ve been having recently is really spectacular.
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The single thing which makes any man happiest is the realization that he has worked up to the limits of his ability, his capacity. It’s all the better, of course, if this work has made a contribution to knowledge, or toward moving the human race a little farther forward.
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I can honestly say – and it’s a big surprise to me – that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.
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Geologists have a saying – rocks remember.
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The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.
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It’s a great thing for a man to walk on the moon. But it’s a greater thing for God to walk on the earth.
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Each book holds an experience and an adventure.
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He did it alone. We had a cast of a million.
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I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.
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Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.
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A picture does a great job, but it’s not nearly like being there.
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Yeah, I wasn’t chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn’t planned by anyone.
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