Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our visions go rather further than that, and our opportunities are unlimited.
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Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.
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How we use the knowledge we gain determines our progress on earth, in space or on the moon. Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well.
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I only go in a small fraction of an inch, maybe an eighth of an inch, but I can see the footprints of my boots and the treads in the fine sandy particles.
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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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Gliders, sail planes, they’re wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird.
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If you don’t know who you are, a university is an expensive place to find out.
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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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Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny.
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Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
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You’ve got to expect things are going to go wrong. And we always need to prepare ourselves for handling the unexpected.
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This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
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We have no proof, But if we extrapolate, based on the best information we have available to us, we have to come to the conclusion that, other life probably exists out there and perhaps in many places.
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It’s a strange, eerie sensation to fly a lunar landing trajectory not difficult, but somewhat complex and unforgiving.
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I tell you, we’re going to be busy for a minute.
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