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.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI 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.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny.
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People love conspiracy theories.
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We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.
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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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Gliders, sail planes, they’re wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird.
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It’s a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on earth. It’s an interesting place to be. I recommend it.
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NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve.
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I think if there was anything I learned from our skipper was that it’s not how you look; it’s how you perform.
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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 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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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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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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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
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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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