Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.
NEIL ARMSTRONGMan must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny.
More Neil Armstrong Quotes
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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 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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We have no proof, But if we extrapolate, based on the best information we have available to us, we have to come to the conclusion that, other life probably exists out there and perhaps in many places.
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We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.
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Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.
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The importance of the new plant of progress and in the fruits it will bear.
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In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.
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I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.
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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.
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Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.
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Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.
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I tell you, we’re going to be busy for a minute.
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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 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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As I stepped on the moon, I looked around, dazed magnificent. The vast, sandy silver surface was almost illusory.
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