Ways of Life : Minds are like parachutes...they function only when open. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
Life is like a parachute jump, you've got to get it right the first time. — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Why do airplanes have flotation devices under the seats instead of parachutes? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All right, then nobody can complain if we ask pregnant women to make parachute jumps. — Muammar al-Gaddafi Copy Share Image
I often say if men were meant to fly we would have been born with either feathers and wings or at the… — John Zakour Copy Share Image
When you jump onto the emptiness of the loneliness, the best parachute to land you safely will be the books! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If they are not there the first time you need them, chances are you won't… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
I always keep my mind open. For me, a mind has to work like like a parachute, works only if it's open. — Rickson Gracie Copy Share Image
When God closes a door, he opens a window. Yeah. The problem was that this particular window opened off the tenth story,… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I had a vague memory of being that ridiculous at one time. Let he who hath never worn parachute pants cast the… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
If you jump out of a plane without a parachute, does that make you brave? No, I think that makes you stupid.… — Jacques Plante Copy Share Image
I used to be an obsessive outliner - figuring that writing without an outline was like jumping off a cliff and building… — Robin Wasserman Copy Share Image
I certainly remember building model rockets. It was fun to watch the rocket blast into the air, suspenseful to wonder if the… — Eric Allin Cornell Copy Share Image
In the 1980s and 1990s, Jack Welch, the CEO of General Electric, laid off over 100,000 employees. His reward? When he retired… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Each of us as he receives his private trouncings at the hands of fate is kept in good heart by hearing of… — N. F. Simpson Copy Share Image
Falling in love was a solo act. I knew that, had learned that the hard way. You just jumped and hoped your… — Eric Jerome Dickey Copy Share Image
When they saw me in my space suit and the parachute dragging alongside as I walked, they started to back away in… — Yuri Gagarin Copy Share Image
“How adorable. You have three parachutes though, right?” “Probably more like five.” I took a deep breath. Jumping out of a plane… — Taryn Quinn Copy Share Image
The roller-coaster is my life; life is a fast, dizzying game; life is a parachute jump; it’s taking chances, falling over and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I was a pilot and flying hang gliders, paragliders, aerobatics airplanes, and then I discovered skydiving. Free fall. Free. With nothing around… — Yves Rossy Copy Share Image
I personally feel that parachute files give a more realistic impression of an insect to the fish that views the fly, since… — Lefty Kreh Copy Share Image
O your life, your lonely lifeWhat have you ever done with it,And done with the great gift of consciousness?What will you ever… — Delmore Schwartz Copy Share Image
I go to the saltwater and wash off the blood, trying to decide which I hate more, pain or itching. Fed up,… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
“Right after we launched, I realized that all the training we'd on what to do if something went wrong during launch-how to… — Mike Massimino Copy Share Image
Sometimes it is not wise to make a second plan; it diminishes the power of the first plan! In risky paths, make… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Why does one want to walk wings? Why force one's body from a plane to make a parachute jump? Why should man… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
I've decided that if I had my life to live over again, I would not only climb more mountains, swim more rivers,… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Sure you can manage that broom, Potter?" said a cold, drawling voice. Draco Malfoy had arrived for a closer look, Crabbe and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If skydiving were safe, the parachute center would not require you to sign a waiver. — Dan Poynter Copy Share Image
The mind is like a parachute. In order to function, it first has to open. — Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar Copy Share Image
I said [to my mom], "I want to go to the parachute regiment." She said, "Whew, that's tough. But okay, I understand." — Scott Raab Copy Share Image
We pulled the seeds out and scattered them on their flossy parachutes, leaving only the leathery brownish yellow tongue, soft as the… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
If I did not love what is present, if I could not cling to this enormous, safe parachute, I would long since… — Christian Morgenstern Copy Share Image
Multiple Inheritance is like a parachute. You don't often need it, but when you do, you really need it. — Grady Booch Copy Share Image