I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI 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.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.
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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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As I stepped on the moon, I looked around, dazed magnificent. The vast, sandy silver surface was almost illusory.
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I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks but for the ledger of our daily work.
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This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
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Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress.
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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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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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If that’s there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it.
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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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In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
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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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In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
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Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
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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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