Neil Armstrong > Quotes

“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

“That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind”
― Neil Armstrong

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

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

“Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.”
― Neil Armstrong

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

“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

“The single observation I would offer for your consideration is that some things are beyond your control. You can lose your health to illness or accident. You can lose your wealth to all manner of unpredictable sources. What are not easily stolen from you without your cooperation are your principles and your values. They are your most important possessions and, if carefully selected and nurtured, will well serve you and your fellow man.”
― Neil Armstrong

“That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind. 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

“Good luck, Mr. Gorsky”
― Neil Armstrong

“Each book holds an experience and an adventure."

[Letters of Note; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]”
― Neil Armstrong

“Knowledge is fundamental to all human achievements and progress. It is both the key and the quest that advances mankind. The search for knowledge is what brought men to the moon; but it took knowledge already acquired to make it possible to get there.

How we use the knowledge we gain determines our progress on earth, in space or on the moon. Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well."

[Letters of Note; Troy (MI, USA) Public Library, 1971]”
― Neil Armstrong

“Apollo!!!”
― Neil Armstrong

“إنها خطوة صغيرة للإنسان وقفزة عملاقة للبشرية”
― Neil Armstrong

“Research is creating new knowledge.”
― Neil Armstrong

“People love conspiracy theories.”
― Neil Armstrong, Come Up and Get Me: An Autobiography of Colonel Joe Kittinger

“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
― Neil Armstrong

“Houston, the Eagle has landed.”
― Neil Armstrong

“History is a sequence of random events and unpredictable choices, which is why the future is so difficult to foresee.”
― Neil Armstrong

“I can't hear it. But the 'a' is implied, so I'm happy if they just put it in parentheses. (1982)

I would hope that history would grant me leeway for dropping the syllable and understand that it was certainly intended, even if it was not said—although it might actually have been. (2008)”
― Neil Armstrong