--- title: "6 Flight Quotes By Neil Armstrong" description: "6 Flight quotes by Neil Armstrong. Plus more from Neil Armstrong and more Flight sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/neil-armstrong-5298_approach_the-exciting-part-for-me-as-a-pilot-was_368587.jpg" --- > [The exciting part for me, as a pilot, was the landing on the moon. That was the time that we had achieved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/the-exciting-part-for-me-as-a-pilot-was-the-landing-on-the-moon-that/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c36/neil-armstrong-5298_approach_the-exciting-part-for-me-as-a-pilot-was_368587.jpg) > [All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/all-in-all-for-someone-who-was-immersed-in-fascinated-by-and/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/neil-armstrong-5298_adventure_all-in-all-for-someone-who-was-immersed_1039689.jpg) > [History will remember the twentieth century for two technological developments: atomic energy and space flight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/history-will-remember-the-twentieth-century-for-two-technological/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d87/neil-armstrong-5298_atomic-energy_history-will-remember-the-twentieth-cent_1164538.jpg) > [He did it alone. We had a cast of a million.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/he-did-it-alone-we-had-a-cast-of-a-million/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/neil-armstrong-5298_aviation_he-did-it-alone-we-had-a-cast-of-a-milli_1316242.jpg) > [In flying, the probability of survival is inversely proportional to the angle of arrival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/in-flying-the-probability-of-survival-is-inversely-proportional-to/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/neil-armstrong-5298_airborne_in-flying-the-probability-of-survival-is_1693630.jpg) > [Yeah, I wasn't chosen to be first. I was just chosen to command that flight. Circumstance put me in that particular role.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/yeah-i-wasn-t-chosen-to-be-first-i-was-just-chosen-to-command-that/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1f/neil-armstrong-5298_chosen_yeah-i-wasn-t-chosen-to-be-first-i-was-j_2137166.jpg) ## Other authors on Flight ## More by Neil Armstrong > [There are people I'll always love to listen to, and I'm always ending up discovering new songs by them, which is crazy. Like Stevie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/there-are-people-i-ll-always-love-to-listen-to-and-i-m-always-ending/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) > [I have been in relatively high-risk businesses all of my adult life. Few of the others, however, had the possibility of direct gains in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/i-have-been-in-relatively-high-risk-businesses-all-of-my-adult-life/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) > [Damn I really did it. I blew the first words on the moon, didn't I?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/damn-i-really-did-it-i-blew-the-first-words-on-the-moon-didn-t-i/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) > [Fear is not an unknown emotion to us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/fear-is-not-an-unknown-emotion-to-us/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) > [I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/i-fully-expected-that-by-the-end-of-the-century-we-would-have/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) > [As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north of Dayton, the legends of the Wrights have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/as-a-boy-because-i-was-born-and-raised-in-ohio-about-60-miles-north/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) > [The single thing which makes any man happiest is the realization that he has worked up to the limits of his ability, his capacity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/the-single-thing-which-makes-any-man-happiest-is-the-realization-that/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) > [I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/i-guess-we-all-like-to-be-recognized-not-for-one-piece-of-fireworks/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) > [Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/science-has-not-yet-mastered-prophecy-we-predict-too-much-for-the/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) > [Lindsay Lohan isn't a DJ, but because of her celebrity power she can do a gig somewhere, put her name on a flyer, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/lindsay-lohan-isn-t-a-dj-but-because-of-her-celebrity-power-she-can/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) > [The exciting part for me, as a pilot, was the landing on the moon. That was the time that we had achieved the national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/the-exciting-part-for-me-as-a-pilot-was-the-landing-on-the-moon-that/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) > [Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/houston-tranquillity-base-here-the-eagle-has-landed/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) > [I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/i-didn-t-feel-like-a-giant-i-felt-very-very-small/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) > [I tell you, we're going to be busy for a minute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/i-tell-you-we-re-going-to-be-busy-for-a-minute/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) > [Opportunities will be available to you that you cannot imagine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-armstrong/opportunities-will-be-available-to-you-that-you-cannot-imagine/) [Neil Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-armstrong/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flight/neil-armstrong/#itemlist", "name": "6 Flight Quotes By Neil Armstrong", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The exciting part for me, as a pilot, was the landing on the moon. 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