Neil Armstrong
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.Collection: Brainy
I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium.Collection: Work
I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.Collection: Work
Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.Collection: Science
That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.Collection: Space
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.Collection: Space
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.Collection: Sad
I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine.Collection: Inspirational
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.Collection: Future
Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.Collection: Science
Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.Collection: Space
Research is creating new knowledge.Collection: Knowledge
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.Collection: Nature
In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.Collection: Society
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.Collection: Space
Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.Collection: History
The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel.Collection: Travel
If that's there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of it.Collection: Technology
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.
Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.
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 can honestly say - and it's a big surprise to me - that I have never had a dream about being on the moon.
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.
I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.
People love conspiracy theories.
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.
Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird.
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.
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.
I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.
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.
I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.
This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.Collection: Motivational
Shoot for the stars but if you happen to miss shoot for the moon instead.Collection: Stars
It's a great thing for a man to walk on the moon. But it's a greater thing for God to walk on the earth.Collection: Moon
You've got to expect things are going to go wrong. And we always need to prepare ourselves for handling the unexpected.Collection: Needs
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.Collection: Men
Man must understand his universe in order to understand his destiny.Collection: Nature
Good luck, Mr. Gorsky!Collection: Good Luck
A picture does a great job, but it's not nearly like being there.Collection: Jobs
Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.Collection: Opportunity
If you don't know who you are, a university is an expensive place to find out.Collection: Who I Am
There are places to go beyond belief.Collection: Places To Go
The single thing which makes any man happiest is the realization that he has worked up to the limits of his ability, his capacity. It's all the better, of course, if this work has made a contribution to knowledge, or toward moving the human race a little farther forward.Collection: Moving
Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed I would do something important in aviation.Collection: Education
Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination. You will meet the great thinkers who will share with you their philosophies, their concepts of the world, of humanity and of creation. You will learn about events that have shaped our history, of deeds both noble and ignoble. All of this knowledge is yours for the taking… Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well.Collection: Philosophy
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.Collection: Opportunity
He did it alone. We had a cast of a million.Collection: Aviation