Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also an aerospace engineer, naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.
♦ This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind - Neil Armstrong
♦ 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
♦ I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth - Neil Armstrong
♦ Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying - Neil Armstrong
♦ 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
♦ I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work - Neil Armstrong
♦ Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind - Neil Armstrong
♦ I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did - Neil Armstrong
♦ Research is creating new knowledge - Neil Armstrong
♦ I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium - 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
♦ 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
♦ Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand - Neil Armstrong
♦ 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
♦ I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine - Neil Armstrong
♦ 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
♦ 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
♦ 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
♦ In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand - Neil Armstrong
♦ I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful - Neil Armstrong
