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.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI have been in relatively high-risk businesses all of my adult life.
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 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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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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Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.
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In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
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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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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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Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.
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How we use the knowledge we gain determines our progress on earth, in space or on the moon. Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well.
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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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Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
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Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn’t I?
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He did it alone. We had a cast of a million.
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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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