It never hurts to have friends around, so that’s why you’d form a crew.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks but for the ledger of our daily work.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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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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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
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I tell you, we’re going to be busy for a minute.
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Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn’t I?
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I hope you become comfortable with the use of logic without being deceived into concluding that logic will inevitably lead you to the correct conclusion.
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I am comfortable with my level of public discourse.
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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 am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.
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Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
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Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.
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A picture does a great job, but it’s not nearly like being there.
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I 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.
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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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Research is creating new knowledge.
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