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.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI tell you, we’re going to be busy for a minute.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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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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In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
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People love conspiracy theories.
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Yeah, I wasn’t chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn’t planned by anyone.
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I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.
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It’s a strange, eerie sensation to fly a lunar landing trajectory not difficult, but somewhat complex and unforgiving.
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.
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I only go in a small fraction of an inch, maybe an eighth of an inch, but I can see the footprints of my boots and the treads in the fine sandy particles.
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I hope you become comfortable with the use of logic without being deceived into concluding that logic will inevitably lead you to the correct conclusion.
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It doesn’t sound like there was time for the word on moon.
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I am comfortable with my level of public discourse.
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I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.
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Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.
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It never hurts to have friends around, so that’s why you’d form a crew.
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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.
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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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I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.
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The importance of the new plant of progress and in the fruits it will bear.
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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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I have been in relatively high-risk businesses all of my adult life.
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Research is creating new knowledge.
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The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.
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Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.
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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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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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If you don’t know who you are, a university is an expensive place to find out.
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