Gliders, sail planes, they’re wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird.
NEIL ARMSTRONGWell, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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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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Society’s future will depend on a continuous improvement program for the human character. And what will that future bring? I do not know, but it will be exciting.
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Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress.
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Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.
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I only go in a small fraction of an inch, maybe an eighth of an inch, but I can see the footprints of my boots and the treads in the fine sandy particles.
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Pilots naturally fly the craft in such a manner as to take advantage of its good characteristics and avoid the areas where it is 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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Each book holds an experience and an adventure.
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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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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 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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Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
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Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination.
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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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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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