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.
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.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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I have been in relatively high-risk businesses all of my adult life.
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It never hurts to have friends around, so that’s why you’d form a crew.
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Pilots 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.
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I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.
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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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Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination.
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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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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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Geologists have a saying – rocks remember.
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Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.
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Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress.
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I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.
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NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve.
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Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.
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