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.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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It never hurts to have friends around, so that’s why you’d form a crew.
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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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Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.
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Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our visions go rather further than that, and our opportunities are unlimited.
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Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
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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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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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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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It’s different, but it’s very pretty out here. I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this.
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NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve.
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If that’s there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it.
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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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Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination.
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I think if there was anything I learned from our skipper was that it’s not how you look; it’s how you perform.
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I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.
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I am comfortable with my level of public discourse.
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It doesn’t sound like there was time for the word on moon.
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Start at the end and work back.
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In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
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Research is creating new knowledge.
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Each book holds an experience and an adventure.
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Gliders, sail planes, they’re wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird.
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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 guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks but for the ledger of our daily work.
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I tell you, we’re going to be busy for a minute.
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