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.
NEIL ARMSTRONGDamn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn’t I?
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.
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Gliders, sail planes, they’re wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird.
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I have been in relatively high-risk businesses all of my adult life.
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Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
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Each book holds an experience and an adventure.
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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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The importance of the new plant of progress and in the fruits it will bear.
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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 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, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.
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Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
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This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
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If you don’t know who you are, a university is an expensive place to find out.
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In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
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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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