Neil Armstrong Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

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

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

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

There are places to go beyond belief.

Man must understand his universe to understand his destiny.

Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.

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

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

People love conspiracy theories.

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

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

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.

Start at the end and work back.

Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.

Research is creating new knowledge.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Eagle has landed.

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

I am comfortable with my level of public discourse.

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

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

There are two of them up here.

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