Base Quote by Ueli Gegenschatz

For some reason, BASE jumping is misunderstood and our government forbids it and makes it illegal in most every place in the country. So…

— Dean Potter

A little bird told me that jumping is easy and the falling is fun, right up until you hit sidewalk shivering and stunned.

— Ani DiFranco

In most every other country, 'body flying' more commonly known as BASE jumping is legal and looked upon as a beautiful art. Here in…

— Dean Potter

I love jumping. I have always loved jumping. I love watching jumps. I love doing jumps.

— Nathan Chen

I base jumped off one of the highest buildings in the world.

— Felix Baumgartner

Wingsuit BASE jumping feels safe to me.

— Dean Potter

I just adore jumping. I do the rest as it is supposed to be done.

— Evgeni Plushenko

My leap is something that I've always had. I've always been able to jump high.

— Dominic Calvert-Lewin

I used to jump out of airplanes. I was a member of the 101st Airborne Division. When parachuting, you never look down at the…

— Jesse White

I took up scuba diving, and my next big thing is BASE jumping.

— Donald Cerrone

But when I’m jumping, it’s as if my feelings are going upward to the sky. Really, my urge to be swallowed up by the…

— Naoki Higashida

to leap is not only to leap, it is to hit the ground somewhere.

— Elizabeth Bowen