What was acrophobia anyway, if not the half-acknowledged…

“I guess everyone has a bird urge when they look down heights, a desire to jump, without wing or buoyant sail. Fear of heights…

— Amruta Patil

“...it is a dreadfull thing to look down Praecipices.”

— Peter Ackroyd

“Well, the gondola operator—whose name was ‘Happy,’ I might add—failed to inform me that about sixty seconds into the trip, the floor under the…

— Elle Lothlorien

“But then suddenly there was no place higher to go. I felt my cracked lips stretch into a painful grin. I was on top…

— Jon Krakauer

My perfect day is to get up at 5:30 A.M., jump on my scooter and go to the beach.

— Goldie

When all else hits the fan, I jump back onstage.

— Jamie Hector

I think a lot of times people who jump from one movie to another don't enjoy their private life. It's a great way to…

— Andie MacDowell

I can jump ship and swim-- that the ocean will hold me, that there's got to be more than this boat I'm in.

— Ani DiFranco

I prefer to just jump into something instead of put it on the back burner, and I suppose that's how I deal with most…

— Kate Bosworth

You have to jump into disaster with both feet.

— Chuck Palahniuk

As a movie fan, I remember Quentin Tarantino and Lawrence Bender and the sort of energy around 'Reservoir Dogs,' and the jump from 'Reservoir…

— Oneohtrix Point Never

I've enjoyed my time at every club I have worked at, I've been lucky, but I won't jump in and finish up working with…

— Harry Redknapp

Life is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.

— Ritu Ghatourey

“I didn’t say it just to get you to jump. I’m in love with you, Zane,” he admitted in a calm, clear voice. “I…

— Madeleine Urban

“When you jump, all you're going to do is fall. But leaping? Leaping is when you think there's something on the other side.”

— David Levithan