No matter when you had been to this spot before, a thousand years ago or a hundred thousand years ago, or if you came back to it a million years from now, you would see some different things each time, but the scene would be generally the same.
NEIL ARMSTRONGShoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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It’s a great thing for a man to walk on the moon. But it’s a greater thing for God to walk on the 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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People love conspiracy theories.
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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, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.
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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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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 think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul, we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.
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I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.
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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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This blowing dust became increasingly thicker. It was very much like landing in a fast moving ground fog.
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Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.
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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
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Research is creating new knowledge.
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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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