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.

Quote by Neil Armstrong

Topics: Neil Armstrong Quotes

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.

Geologists have a saying - rocks remember.

If that's there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of...

If that's there, I believe that technology will probably step up to their part of...

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

The Eagle has landed.

The Eagle has landed.

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....

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.

Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.