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.

Quote by Neil Armstrong

Topics: Funny Quotes, Running Quotes

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.

Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight....

Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight....

Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being...

Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being...

The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this...

The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this...

I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially...

I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially...

I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human...

I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human...

It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because...

It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because...

The Eagle has landed.

The Eagle has landed.

I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.

I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful.

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

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

I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.

I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD....

Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD....

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

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

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

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

Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.

Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.

It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I...

It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I...

We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and...

We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and...

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get...

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get...

I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to...

I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to...