I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. Neil Armstrong More Quotes by Neil Armstrong More Quotes From Neil Armstrong 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 new-horizonsearthinteresting Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird. Neil Armstrong sailingflyingbird Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine. Neil Armstrong availableimagineopportunity Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. Neil Armstrong moonfeetmen I hope you become comfortable with the use of logic without being deceived into concluding that logic will inevitably lead you to the correct conclusion. Neil Armstrong logicdeceiveduse I can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream about being on the moon. Neil Armstrong surprisemoondream I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street. Neil Armstrong fitnessrunningbelieve Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn't I? Neil Armstrong damnmoonfirsts I am, and ever will be, a white-socks, pocket-protector, nerdy engineer - born under the second law of thermodynamics, steeped in steam tables, in love with free-body diagrams, transformed by Laplace, and propelled by compressible flow. Neil Armstrong pocketslawwhite People love conspiracy theories. Neil Armstrong conspiracytheorypeople Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny. Neil Armstrong destinynaturemen We have no proof, But if we extrapolate, based on the best information we have available to us, we have to come to the conclusion that ... other life probably exists out there and perhaps in many places. Neil Armstrong ufoproofinformation 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 achievementforeveropportunity We would like to give special thanks to all those Americans who built the spacecraft; who did the construction, design, the tests, and put their hearts and all their abilities into those craft. To those people tonight, we give a special thank you, and to all the other people that are listening and watching tonight, God bless you. Good night from Apollo 11. Neil Armstrong good-nightheartpeople It never hurts to have friends around, so that's why you'd form a crew. Neil Armstrong crewformhurt I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. They're sort of playing a game and NASA is the shuttlecock that they're hitting back and forth. Neil Armstrong spacewhitegames Research is creating new knowledge. Neil Armstrong new-knowledgecreatingresearch The regret on our side is, they used to say years ago, we are reading about you in science class. Now they say, we are reading about you in history class. Neil Armstrong regretreadingyears 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 wellsbitesthinking Every flying machine has its own unique characteristics, some good, some not so good. Pilots naturally fly the craft in such a manner as to take advantage of its good characteristics and avoid the areas where it is not so good. Neil Armstrong machinesflyingunique
