I think if there was anything I learned from our skipper was that it’s not how you look; it’s how you perform.
NEIL ARMSTRONGIt’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.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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A picture does a great job, but it’s not nearly like being there.
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Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny.
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Research is creating new knowledge.
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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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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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History will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.
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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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Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination.
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We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.
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Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
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The view of the moon that we’ve been having recently is really spectacular.
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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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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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There are places to go beyond belief.
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I tell you, we’re going to be busy for a minute.
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Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
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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 was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.
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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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In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
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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.
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Figure out how to build a brand and stick by it so people know what to expect.
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Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.
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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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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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I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.
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