You’ve got to expect things are going to go wrong. And we always need to prepare ourselves for handling the unexpected.
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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The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control.
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People love conspiracy theories.
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I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.
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The single thing which makes any man happiest is the realization that he has worked up to the limits of his ability, his capacity. It’s all the better, of course, if this work has made a contribution to knowledge, or toward moving the human race a little farther forward.
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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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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.
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Figure out how to build a brand and stick by it so people know what to expect.
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It never hurts to have friends around, so that’s why you’d form a crew.
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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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Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.
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Start at the end and work back.
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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
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Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.
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This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
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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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