I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It’s by the nature of his deep inner soul, we’re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.
NEIL ARMSTRONGThe 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.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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A picture does a great job, but it’s not nearly like being there.
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Space has not changed but technology has, in many cases, improved dramatically.
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The 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.
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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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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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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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Gliders, sail planes, they’re wonderful flying machines. It’s the closest you can come to being a bird.
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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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This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.
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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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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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Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.
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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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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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Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.
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