Neil Armstrong is an American aviator.  He commanded the Apollo 11 moon landing and is the first man to set foot on the surface of the moon.  Here are some of his thoughts:

• This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind
• I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did
• 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
• In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand
• Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand
• Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10
• I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises
• We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected
• I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work
• Research is creating new knowledge
• The one thing I regret was that my work required an enormous amount of my time, and a lot of travel

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