Neil Armstrong

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.

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 basketball court.

I don't believe in the Tooth Fairy, but I do believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.

We have the technology to go to Mars and beyond. We should use it.

The path to the moon is not just a path to the moon, it's a path to the future of humanity.

I have always been a firm believer in the power of the individual to make a difference.

Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots have a distaste for walking.

I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.

We were very, very lucky. We were in a very good place at a very good time.

The greatest value of space exploration is not in the discoveries we make, but in the discoveries we make about ourselves.

It's a grand and glorious feeling to be on the Moon.

I don't think that science or technology is going to solve all of our problems, but I think they're going to solve most of them.

The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.

No matter how much experience you have, there is always something new to learn.

I was always a little uncomfortable with the level of celebrity that came with the moon landing.

It's a great beginning to a new era.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

It's a very lonely place out there.

The primary goal of the space program was to get to the Moon before the Soviets.

I put my thumb up to the window and covered the whole Earth. It was very profound.