Parachute Quotes

82 Parachute quotes by 70 unique authors

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
The roller-coaster is my life; life is a fast, dizzying game; life is a parachute jump; it’s taking chances, falling over and getting up again;… — Paulo Coelho
I had a vague memory of being that ridiculous at one time. Let he who hath never worn parachute pants cast the first stone. — Jim Butcher
Sure you can manage that broom, Potter?" said a cold, drawling voice. Draco Malfoy had arrived for a closer look, Crabbe and Goyle right behind… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
My mockingjay pin now lives with Cinna's outfit, but there's the gold locket and the silver parachute with the spile and Peeta's pearl. I knot… — Suzanne Collins
The bad news is you're falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there's no ground. — Chogyam Trungpa
Bigots are actually funny to me in the way that people who still wear parachute pants give me a chuckle. — John Ridley
When U.S.-based editors and columnists parachute into a news storm, it is often the stringers who keep us out of trouble, helping us glimpse the… — Nancy Gibbs
I used to be an obsessive outliner - figuring that writing without an outline was like jumping off a cliff and building a parachute on… — Robin Wasserman
Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. — G B Stern
I look at going to Hollywood as going behind enemy lines. You parachute in, set up the explosion, then fly out before it goes off. — Robert Redford

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