Society’s future will depend on a continuous improvement program for the human character. And what will that future bring? I do not know, but it will be exciting.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI am comfortable with my level of public discourse.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.
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Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn’t I?
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Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.
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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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I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul, we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.
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Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
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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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Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress.
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It’s a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on earth. It’s an interesting place to be. I recommend it.
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Research is creating new knowledge.
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It doesn’t sound like there was time for the word on moon.
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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.
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There are places to go beyond belief.
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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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I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
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