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.
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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Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.
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I have been in relatively high-risk businesses all of my adult life.
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.
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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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I am comfortable with my level of public discourse.
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Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination.
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I can honestly say – and it’s a big surprise to me – that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.
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In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
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Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress.
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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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I tell you, we’re going to be busy for a minute.
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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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Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.
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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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Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny.
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