Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.
NEIL ARMSTRONGNow and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI think if there was anything I learned from our skipper was that it’s not how you look; it’s how you perform.
NEIL ARMSTRONGNo matter when you had been to this spot before, a thousand years ago or a hundred thousand years ago, or if you came back to it a million years from now, you would see some different things each time, but the scene would be generally the same.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks but for the ledger of our daily work.
NEIL ARMSTRONGHe did it alone. We had a cast of a million.
NEIL ARMSTRONGHow 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 ARMSTRONGI tell you, we’re going to be busy for a minute.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.
NEIL ARMSTRONGI 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.
NEIL ARMSTRONGIf you don’t know who you are, a university is an expensive place to find out.
NEIL ARMSTRONGFear is not an unknown emotion to us.
NEIL ARMSTRONGDamn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn’t I?
NEIL ARMSTRONGFigure out how to build a brand and stick by it so people know what to expect.
NEIL ARMSTRONGGliders, sail planes, they’re wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird.
NEIL ARMSTRONGPilots 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 ARMSTRONGHistory will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.
NEIL ARMSTRONG