Neil Armstrong Quotes

He did it alone. We had a cast of a million.

There are two of them up here.

I tell you, we're going to be busy for a minute.

I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer.

I am comfortable with my level of public discourse.

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.

The Eagle has landed.

Now and then I miss the excitement about being in the cockpit of an airplane and doing new things.

This blowing dust became increasingly thicker. It was very much like landing in a fast-moving ground fog.

Gliders, sailplanes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.

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

Figure out how to build a brand and stick by it so people know what to expect.

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

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.

I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.

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

Research is creating new knowledge.

Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.

Start at the end and work back.

Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

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

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

People love conspiracy theories.

If you don't know who you are, a university is an expensive place to find out.

A picture does a great job, but it's not nearly like being there.

Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.

Man must understand his universe to understand his destiny.

There are places to go beyond belief.

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.

This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.

Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.