100 Armstrong Quotes
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Famous Armstrong Quotes
Here's a guy who can use his arms and legs at the same time. — John Madden
Come back with your shield - or on it — Plutarch
I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed. — Mahatma Gandhi
I have two secret weapons -- my legs, my arms and my brain. — Michael Vick
Did you know that Mozart had no arms and no legs? I've seen statues of him on people's pianos. — Victor Borge
An accomplished man to his fingertips. — Horace
Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg. — Bobby Robson
The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone. — Henrik Ibsen
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. — George Herbert
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. — Alexandre Dumas
Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The world belongs to those who set out to conquer it armed with self confidence and good humour. — Charles Dickens
A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. — James Crook
Stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach. — Turkish Proverbs
Short Armstrong Quotes
- Neil Armstrong landed on the moon first and now Doge is next.. I’m holding. — Jake Paul
- Lance Armstrong has no place in cycling. — Pat McQuaid
- Louis Armstrong is jazz. He represents what the music is all about. — Wynton Marsalis
- I could see Armstrong bouncing on the moon — Alexey Leonov
- If you don't like Louis Armstrong, you don't know how to love. — Mahalia Jackson
- You can't play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn't played — Miles Davis
- Neil Armstrong was probably one of the most human guys I've ever known in my life. — Gene Cernan
- I was treated with a miracle drug, just like Lance Armstrong. — Billy Tauzin
- Louis Armstrong playing trumpet on the Judgment Day. — Al Stewart
- I learnt from Armstrong on the early recordings that you never sang a song the same way twice. — Van Morrison
Louis Armstrong Quotes
You ask: What is it that philosophers have called qualitative states? I answer, only half in jest: As Louis Armstrong said when asked what jazz is, 'If you got to ask, you ain't never gonna get to know.' — Ned Block
The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try. — Sarah Vowell
The bottom line of any country is: what did we contribute to the world? We contributed Louis Armstrong. — Tony Bennett
I am black: I am the incarnation of a complete fusion with the world, an intuitive understanding of the earth, an abandonment of my ego in the heart of the cosmos, and no white man, no matter how intelligent he may be, can ever understand Louis Armstrong and the music of the Congo. — Frantz Fanon
My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut. — Dick Dale
I try to improvise like Les Young, Louis Armstrong or someone else I admire. What comes out is what I feel. — Billie Holiday
It's America's classical music ... this becomes our tradition ... the bottom line of any country in the world is what did we contribute to the world? ... we contributed Louis Armstrong — Louis Armstrong
[Louis Armstrong is] the father of us all, regardless of style or how modern we get. His influence is inescapable. Some of the things he was doing in the 20's and 30's, people still haven't dealt with. — Nicholas Payton
[Louis Armstrong] could play a trumpet like nobody else, then put it down and sing a song like no one else could. — Eddie Condon
What [Louis Armstrong] does is real, and true, and honest, and simple, and even noble. Every time this man puts his trumpet to his lips, even if only to practice three notes, he does it with his whole soul. — Leonard Bernstein
Neil Armstrong Quotes
For those who may ask what they can do to honor Neil, we have a simple request. Honor his example of service, accomplishment and modesty, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink. — Neil Armstrong
As long as there are history books, Neil Armstrong will be included in them, remembered for taking humankind's first small step on a world beyond our own. — Charles Bolden
Something I'll always remember - when I was a kid, I shook hands with Orville Wright. Forty years later, I shook hands with Neil Armstrong. The guy that invented the airplane and the guy that walked on the moon. In a lifetime, that's kinda wild when you think about it. — Jonathan Winters
Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon. I am the first man to piss his pants on the moon. — Buzz Aldrin
If Ford is to Chevrolet what Dodge is to Chrysler, what Corn Flakes are to Post Toasties, what the clear blue sky is to the deep blue sea, what Hank Williams is to Neil Armstrong - can you doubt we were made for each other? — Lyle Lovett
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, the three astronauts from Apollo 11 visited the White House. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were allowed to set foot inside the White House, while Michael Collins was forced to drive around in circles outside. — Conan O'Brien
Almost a quarter of our planet is a single mountain range and we didn't enter it until after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin went to the moon. So we went to the moon, played golf up there, before we went to the largest feature on our own planet. — Robert Ballard
When Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon, he and all the space scientists were puzzled by an unidentifiable white object. I knew immediately what it was. That was a home run ball hit off me in 1933 by Jimmie Foxx. — Lefty Gomez
If you want something bad enough, you've got to make a bold move. George Washington, took on the British Empire. Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. Ken Titus taped a hotel key to his underwear to score with an airport security guard. — Christopher Titus
Everyone should take their hats off to Neil Armstrong. He is a humble guy who doesn't wave his own flag. — Buzz Aldrin
Lance Armstrong Quotes
I think it is just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong, especially after what he achieved winning seven Tour de France races while on drugs......When I was on drugs I couldn't even find my bike. — Willie Nelson
I'm not on a mission. I'm not a paragon of health for anybody. I'm not going to run a marathon or model for 'Men's Health' or go on bike rides with Lance Armstrong. I'm not. Trust me. — Duff Goldman
Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong's story. My cancer is not nearly as bad as his, but I believe in staying motivated and keeping as fit as you can. — Grete Waitz
Lance Armstrong, the famous cyclist and more importantly, cancer survivor, has said 'if you ever get a second chance for something, you've got to go all the way.' — Michael N. Castle
Our sports are totally different, if Lance Armstrong himself were to come and train with us he'd be completely exhausted after half and hour. — Joachim Low
If you look at anyone who has achieved great success and wealth, people like Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, or Lance Armstrong, they have all focused intensely in order to win. — Robert Kiyosaki
There are three types of chemotherapy that work for cancer. Testicular, like Lance Armstrong. Childhood leukemia, they're doing great things. And lymphoma and non-Hodgkin's. — Suzanne Somers
Lance Armstrong is not the biggest fraud in the history of world sport. US Postal was not the most sophisticated doping programme. — Lance Armstrong
You look at a guy like Lance Armstrong, and you have to be inspired. I sat next to Kirk Douglas the other day, and he's inspiring for fighting through his stroke — Ed Harris
Lance Armstrong is the guy that I would put up there as one of my heroes. He's done something that no one else has done and when you put into it what he overcame, it's absolutely unbelievable. — Craig T. Nelson
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More Armstrong Quotes
Fantastic truths perish slower... Sappho's moon will survive the moon of Armstrong. Different computations are necessary. — Odysseas Elytis
I've always loved airplanes and flight. The space program was really important to me as a kid. I still have a photo of Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon in my living room. — Bill Nye
Benny Goodman's band was integrated before baseball. Even before it was physically integrated, music was integrated. Everyone listened to Armstrong and Ellington. The 20s was called the Jazz Age. It's part of being American. — Wynton Marsalis
More and more we are taught something throughout our growing up, our education, and continuously, no matter how much we believe in this thing, something comes up that forces us to revise our entire belief system. No matter whom you idolize, it turns out that Louis Armstrong collected vast amounts of pornography. — Chuck Palahniuk
It hadn't really percolated through my brain that I was going to see real, live TV from the surface of the Moon, and boy, oh, boy, had that Saturn V launch been exciting! And then, there it was - late at night, sitting up, watching, and there was Neil Armstrong actually standing on the surface of the Moon. — David Weber
When I was a young man, I shined the shoes of Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan! Music was just everywhere like that. And in my family, everyone could play something, and if they couldnt play, they could sing. — Chuck Brown
I am surprised nothing has been made of the fact that astronaut Neil Armstrong carried no sidearms when he landed on the moon. — Arthur Goldberg
I think we've all had enough of Coltrane saxophonists. There's a case of someone ruining a generation of saxophonists, as Louis Armstrong may have ruined a generation of trumpeters. — Paul Bley
Mooooon!” said the Ogre. “Tranquility …” Then he pointed at the full moon. “Neil Armstrong walked in a sea of Tranquility.” Then he added, “It’s made of cheese. But you have to take off the plastic before you put it on a burger.” Mickey sighed. “What’s his story?” the wraith asked. “He’s chocolate,” Mikey said. — Neal Shusterman
Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say jazz) what Einstein is to physics. — Ken Burns
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