The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.
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.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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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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As I stepped on the moon, I looked around, dazed magnificent. The vast, sandy silver surface was almost illusory.
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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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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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Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
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There are places to go beyond belief.
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I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.
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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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Space has not changed but technology has, in many cases, improved dramatically.
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.
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In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
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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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Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
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I have been in relatively high-risk businesses all of my adult life.
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The view of the moon that we’ve been having recently is really spectacular.
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