I 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 ARMSTRONGThe single thing which makes any man happiest is the realization that he has worked up to the limits of his ability, his capacity. It’s all the better, of course, if this work has made a contribution to knowledge, or toward moving the human race a little farther forward.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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It’s different, but it’s very pretty out here. I suppose they are going to make a big deal of all this.
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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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Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
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Space has not changed but technology has, in many cases, improved dramatically.
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Gliders, sail planes, they’re wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird.
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Geologists have a saying – rocks remember.
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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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Each book holds an experience and an adventure.
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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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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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I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.
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In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
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In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.
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Start at the end and work back.
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Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.
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