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 ARMSTRONGIt’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.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
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Space has not changed but technology has, in many cases, improved dramatically.
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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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This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.
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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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Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination.
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Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.
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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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I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
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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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Gliders, sail planes, they’re wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird.
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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 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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