Parachute Quotes

82 Parachute quotes by 70 unique authors

When you join the Parachute Regiment they send you on training and initiation exercises. One of the tasks is to accept and care for a… — Matthew Parris
I offer something very different from the lifelong career politicians who have worked their way up to run for higher office or those who can… — Elizabeth Emken
Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land it. But if you're up in… — Cory Lidle
Life is like a parachute jump, you've got to get it right the first time. — Eleanor Roosevelt
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
When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often what you get… — Francis Ford Coppola
I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump. — Zora Neale Hurston
My suit blew up into a parachute. All this water rushed in, there's air, water in there. I was freaking out. — Ryan Lochte
Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time. — Margaret Mead
The pressure suit helps if something goes wrong during launch or re-entry - astronauts have a way to parachute off the shuttle. The suits protect… — Sally Ride
I have woven a parachute out of everything broken. — William Stafford
A mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it is not open. — Frank Zappa
We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it. — C.S. Lewis
It was autumn, the springtime of death. Rain spattered the rotting leaves, and a wild wind wailed. Death was singing in the shower. Death was… — Tom Robbins
Charlie had Sophie strapped to his chest like a terrorist baby bomb when he came down the back steps. She had just gotten to the… — Christopher Moore
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute. — George Bernard Shaw
I go to the saltwater and wash off the blood, trying to decide which I hate more, pain or itching. Fed up, I stomp back… — Suzanne Collins
I've decided that if I had my life to live over again, I would not only climb more mountains, swim more rivers, and watch more… — Brennan Manning
It's as if I'm Finnick, watching images of my life flash by. The mast of a boat, a silver parachute, Mags laughing, a pink sky,… — Suzanne Collins
Psychiatry in this place is like serving an in-flight meal in the middle of a plane crash. If I wanted to make you well, as… — Chris Cleave

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