In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
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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The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control.
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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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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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In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
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Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good.
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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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I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.
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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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Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
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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 is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
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I think if there was anything I learned from our skipper was that it’s not how you look; it’s how you perform.
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History will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.
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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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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.
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