In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
NEIL ARMSTRONGHistory will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn’t I?
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Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress.
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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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As I stepped on the moon, I looked around, dazed magnificent. The vast, sandy silver surface was almost illusory.
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You’ve got to expect things are going to go wrong. And we always need to prepare ourselves for handling the unexpected.
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Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.
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I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks but for the ledger of our daily work.
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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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If you don’t know who you are, a university is an expensive place to find out.
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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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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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Each book holds an experience and an adventure.
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People love conspiracy theories.
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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
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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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