I can honestly say – and it’s a big surprise to me – that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.
NEIL ARMSTRONGThe 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.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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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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Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress.
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I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.
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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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Each book holds an experience and an adventure.
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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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There are places to go beyond belief.
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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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This blowing dust became increasingly thicker. It was very much like landing in a fast moving ground fog.
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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.
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Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
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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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Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny.
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Geologists have a saying – rocks remember.
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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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