Neil Armstrong’s famous moon landing quotes

I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.

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

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

Research is creating new knowledge

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

There can be no great accomplishment without risk.

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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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.

I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.

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.

Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying

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.

Each book holds an experience and an adventure

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

Every human has a finite amount of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises

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

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

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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