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.
NEIL ARMSTRONGIt 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.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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As I stepped on the moon, I looked around, dazed magnificent. The vast, sandy silver surface was almost illusory.
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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 am comfortable with my level of public discourse.
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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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History will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.
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The regret on our side is, they used to say years ago, we are reading about you in science class. Now they say, we are reading about you in history class.
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Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.
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It never hurts to have friends around, so that’s why you’d form a crew.
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This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
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The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control.
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It doesn’t sound like there was time for the word on moon.
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Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn’t I?
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I have been in relatively high-risk businesses all of my adult life.
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In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
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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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