Neil Armstrong Quotes

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.

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.

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 think if there was anything I learned from our skipper was that it’s not how you look; it’s how you perform.

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.

Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man’s desire to understand.

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.

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.

Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind.

The Eagle has landed.

You’ve got to expect things are going to go wrong. And we always need to prepare ourselves for handling the unexpected.

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

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.

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

I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine.

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.