Neil Armstrong Quotes

• I believe every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.

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• That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap forward for mankind.

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

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• People love conspiracy theories.

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• NASA has been one of the most successful public investments in motivating students to do well and achieve all they can achieve. It’s sad that we are turning the programme in a direction where it will reduce the amount of motivation and stimulation it provides to young people.

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• 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.

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• I can honestly say – and it’s a big surprise to me – that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.

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• 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.

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

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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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.

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

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• 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.

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• The Eagle has landed.

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

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• Research is creating new knowledge.

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

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Neil Armstrong (37)

Birth:	5th August, 1930
Death:	25th August, 2012
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Astronaut, Engineer, Naval Officer, Professor

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