Neil Armstrong Quotes

"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

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

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

"Research is creating new knowledge."

"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."

"I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream about being on the moon."

"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."

"Geologists have a saying - rocks remember."

"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."

"The Eagle has landed."

"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."

"Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed."

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

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

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

"Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying."

"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."

"People love conspiracy theories."

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

"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."

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

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

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

"If that's there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it."

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

"All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in history that had brought me along one generation late. I had missed all the great times and adventures in flight."

"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."

"The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel."

"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."