Parachutes Quotes

65 quotes by 58 authors

To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely… — Valentina Tereshkova
Starting a business is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. In mid air, the entrepreneur begins building a parachute and hopes it… — Robert Kiyosaki
Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed. — L.E. Modesitt Jr.
If you go parachuting, and your parachute doesn't open, and you friends are all watching you fall, I think a funny gag would be to… — Jack Handey
Minds, like parachutes, work only when open. — James Dewar
When they saw me in my space suit and the parachute dragging alongside as I walked, they started to back away in fear. I told… — Yuri Gagarin
I hope you either take up parachute jumping or stay out of single motored airplanes at night. — Charles Lindbergh
Why does one want to walk wings? Why force one's body from a plane to make a parachute jump? Why should man want to fly… — Charles Lindbergh
Minds are like parachutes-not much good unless they are open. — Harvey Mackay
My words wear no parachutes as they fall out of my mouth. — Tahereh Mafi
Falling in love was a solo act. I knew that, had learned that the hard way. You just jumped and hoped your parachute opened. Sometimes… — Eric Jerome Dickey
Coming down under a parachute is quite different as well. You hit the ground pretty hard, but all the systems work very well to keep… — Leroy Chiao
I'm telling you, just attach a big parachute TO THE PLANE ITSELF! Is anyone listening to me?! — Jack Handey
Man has been thrown into the world. It had always made him think of Icarus and those other great tumblers, Ixion, Phaeton, Tantalus - all… — Cees Nooteboom
My heart is a parachute that has never opened in time. — Andrea Gibson
If you want to be successful, you have to jump, there's no way around it. When you jump, I can assure you that your parachute… — Steve Harvey
All right, then nobody can complain if we ask pregnant women to make parachute jumps. — Muammar al-Gaddafi
O your life, your lonely lifeWhat have you ever done with it,And done with the great gift of consciousness?What will you ever do before Death's… — Delmore Schwartz
I certainly remember building model rockets. It was fun to watch the rocket blast into the air, suspenseful to wonder if the parachute would open… — Eric Allin Cornell
The mismanagement of American newspapering is quite remarkable. But all of the fellows responsible are now on a golf course in Hilton Head or some… — David Simon

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