Neil Armstrong Quotes - Page 2

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• Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.

  Neil Armstrong

  Fear, Emotion

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  Pilots take no special joy in walking: pilots like flying.

  Neil Armstrong

  Joy, Flying, Special

  "In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility". Book by Francis French and Colin Burgess, September 2007.

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• In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.

  Neil Armstrong

  Science, Flying, Survival

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• Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.

  Neil Armstrong

  Moon, Men, Feet

  Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin (199?). “First on the Moon: The Astronauts' Own Story”, Konecky & Konecky

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• We would like to give special thanks to all those Americans who built the spacecraft; who did the construction, design, the tests, and put their hearts and all their abilities into those craft. To those people tonight, we give a special thank you, and to all the other people that are listening and watching tonight, God bless you. Good night from Apollo 11.

  Neil Armstrong

  Good Night, Heart, People

  Excerpts from Apollo Expeditions to the Moon, edited by Edgar M. Cortright, NASA SP-350, Washington, DC, amview.japan.usembassy.gov. 1975.

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• People love conspiracy theories.

  Neil Armstrong

  People, Conspiracy, Theory

  "Neil Armstrong Opens Up In Rare Interview". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. May 25, 2012.

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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.

  Neil Armstrong

  Thinking, Looks, Skipper

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• I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.

  Neil Armstrong

  Successful, Ecstatic

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• As I stepped on the moon, I looked around, dazed...magnifice nt. The vast, sandy silver surface was almost illusory.

  Neil Armstrong

  Moon, Silver, Surface

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• Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn't I?

  Neil Armstrong

  Moon, Firsts, Damn

  "What did Neil Armstrong really say when he stepped on to the moon?" by Cass Jones, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2012.

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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.

  Neil Armstrong

  Character, Improvement, Program

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• I hope you become comfortable with the use of logic without being deceived into concluding that logic will inevitably lead you to the correct conclusion.

  Neil Armstrong

  Use, Logic, Deceived

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• It never hurts to have friends around, so that's why you'd form a crew.

  Neil Armstrong

  Hurt, Form, Crew

  Source: www.djbooth.net

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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.

  Neil Armstrong

  Opportunity, Forever, Achievement

  Neil Armstrong's remarks at the Apollo 11 30th Anniversary Press Conference at Kennedy Space Center, history.nasa.gov. July 16, 1999.

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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.

  Neil Armstrong

  Information, Proof, Ufo

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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.

  Neil Armstrong

  Fitness, Running, Believe

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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.

  Neil Armstrong

  Pieces, One Piece, Fireworks

  "Neil Armstrong - First Television Interview (Part-2)". "60 minutes", www.youtube.com. 2005.

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• The regret on our side is, they used to say years ago, we are reading about you in science class. Now they say, we are reading about you in history class.

  Neil Armstrong

  Regret, Reading, Years

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• I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. They're sort of playing a game and NASA is the shuttlecock that they're hitting back and forth.

  Neil Armstrong

  Games, White, Space

  "Neil Armstrong's last interview: rare glimpse of man and moon mission" by Paul Gallagher, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2012.

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• History will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.

  Neil Armstrong

  Future, Space Flight, Technological Development

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• I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer - born under the second law of thermodynamics, steeped in steam tables, in love with free-body diagrams, transformed by Laplace, and propelled by compressible flow.

  Neil Armstrong

  Law, White, Pockets

  "The Engineered Century". Neil Armstrong's remarks at the National Engineers Week on behalf of the National Academy of Engineering at the National Press Club, www.nae.edu. February 22, 2000.

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• The [Moon] surface is fine and powdery. I can kick it up loosely with my toe. It does adhere in fine layers like powdered charcoal to the sole and sides of my boots. 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 Armstrong

  Science, Moon, Toes

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• I believe that the message of Apollo XI was that in the spirit of Apollo, a free and open spirit, you can attack a very difficult goal and achieve it, if you can all agree and work together to achieve that goal.

  Neil Armstrong

  Believe, Goal, Working Together

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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.

  Neil Armstrong

  Thinking, Wells, Bites

  "Apollo 11 crew recalls giant leap 35 years later". Interview With Miles O'Brien, www.cnn.com. July 21, 2004.

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• I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.

  Neil Armstrong

  Astronaut, Century, Ends

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