I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.
NEIL ARMSTRONGPilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
-
-
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.
NEIL ARMSTRONG -
There are places to go beyond belief.
NEIL ARMSTRONG -
Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.
NEIL ARMSTRONG -
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.
NEIL ARMSTRONG -
Geologists have a saying – rocks remember.
NEIL ARMSTRONG -
I think if there was anything I learned from our skipper was that it’s not how you look; it’s how you perform.
NEIL ARMSTRONG -
If you don’t know who you are, a university is an expensive place to find out.
NEIL ARMSTRONG -
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.
NEIL ARMSTRONG -
Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
NEIL ARMSTRONG -
Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.
NEIL ARMSTRONG -
How we use the knowledge we gain determines our progress on earth, in space or on the moon. Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well.
NEIL ARMSTRONG -
Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny.
NEIL ARMSTRONG -
I believe that the message of Apollo XI was that in the spirit of Apollo, a free and open spirit, you can attack a very difficult goal and achieve it, if you can all agree and work together to achieve that goal.
NEIL ARMSTRONG -
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.
NEIL ARMSTRONG -
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.
NEIL ARMSTRONG