It’s different, but it’s very pretty out here. I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this.
NEIL ARMSTRONGHistory will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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There are places to go beyond belief.
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Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.
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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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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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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
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I am comfortable with my level of public discourse.
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The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet, and our visions go rather further than that, and our opportunities are unlimited.
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Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.
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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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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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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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This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
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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’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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