The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control.
NEIL ARMSTRONGWell, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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I am comfortable with my level of public discourse.
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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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Research is creating new knowledge.
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People love conspiracy theories.
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I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.
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This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
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Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny.
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I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.
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Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.
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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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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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I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.
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Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.
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Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.
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Pilots naturally fly the craft in such a manner as to take advantage of its good characteristics and avoid the areas where it is not so good.
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