I think if there was anything I learned from our skipper was that it’s not how you look; it’s how you perform.
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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Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny.
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I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.
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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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The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.
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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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A picture does a great job, but it’s not nearly like being there.
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History will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.
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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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Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
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I am comfortable with my level of public discourse.
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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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I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.
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Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.
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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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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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