Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn’t I?
NEIL ARMSTRONGDamn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn’t I?
NEIL ARMSTRONGThe view of the moon that we’ve been having recently is really spectacular.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI believe that the message of Apollo XI was that in the spirit of Apollo, a free and open spirit, you can attack a very difficult goal and achieve it, if you can all agree and work together to achieve that goal.
NEIL ARMSTRONGNow and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.
NEIL ARMSTRONGSociety’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.
NEIL ARMSTRONGThe importance of the new plant of progress and in the fruits it will bear.
NEIL ARMSTRONGResearch is creating new knowledge.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI tell you, we’re going to be busy for a minute.
NEIL ARMSTRONGHouston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
NEIL ARMSTRONGIt’s different, but it’s very pretty out here. I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this.
NEIL ARMSTRONGThe one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.
NEIL ARMSTRONGIt doesn’t sound like there was time for the word on moon.
NEIL ARMSTRONGYeah, 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.
NEIL ARMSTRONGIn flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
NEIL ARMSTRONGHistory will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI think if there was anything I learned from our skipper was that it’s not how you look; it’s how you perform.
NEIL ARMSTRONG