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

Quote by Neil Armstrong

Topics: Neil Armstrong Quotes

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

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...

Research is creating new knowledge.

Research is creating new knowledge.

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....

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....

As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north...

As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north...

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 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...

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

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

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but...

I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but...

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and...

Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and...

The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my...

The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my...

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.

Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.

Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.

I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I'm...

I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I'm...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...