Neil Armstrong Quotes

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

History, Small, Step

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.
Neil Armstrong

Small, Pretty, Put

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

Human, Around, Number

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

Understand, Desire, Wonder

I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine.
Neil Armstrong

Human, Number, Mine

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.
Neil Armstrong

Nature, Deep, Human

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

Important, Humanity, Rather

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

Science, Far, Year

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

Hard, Tried, Bites

As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north of Dayton, the legends of the Wrights have been in my memories as long as I can remember.
Neil Armstrong

Long, Remember, Born

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.
Neil Armstrong

Here, Eagle, Base

Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.
Neil Armstrong

Joy, Special, Walking

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

Society, Understand, Means

It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much more pronounced than here on earth. It's an interesting place to be. I recommend it.
Neil Armstrong

Place, Here, Earth

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

Put, Earth, Planet

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

Peace, Men, Here

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.
Neil Armstrong

Work, Daily, Guess

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

End, Actually, Century

Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.
Neil Armstrong

Saying, Remember, Rocks

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

Successful, Surprised, Ecstatic

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

Thought, Moon, Actually

People love conspiracy theories.
Neil Armstrong

Love, Conspiracy, Theories

Research is creating new knowledge.
Neil Armstrong

Knowledge, Research, Creating

The Eagle has landed.
Neil Armstrong

Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role. That wasn't planned by anyone.
Neil Armstrong

Put, Anyone, Role

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Astronaut

Born: August 5, 1930

Died: August 25, 2012

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