Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.
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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It’s a strange, eerie sensation to fly a lunar landing trajectory not difficult, but somewhat complex and unforgiving.
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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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History will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.
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The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.
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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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This blowing dust became increasingly thicker. It was very much like landing in a fast moving ground fog.
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Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress.
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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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Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.
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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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In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
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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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The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control.
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I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I’m damned if I’m going to use up mine running up and down a street.
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I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.
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