#parachute

Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time. ↗

— Margaret Mead

#first #first time #get #jump #life

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 sure about the success of my new adventure. ↗

— Valentina Tereshkova

#adventure #besides #club #completely #hard

For me, I guess I'm the acting equivalent of somebody that jumps off buildings and parachutes. ↗

— Joaquin Phoenix

#buildings #equivalent #guess #i #jumps

I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt, breaking a leg, you know, bruising, cracking my head open. ↗

— Cathy Rigby

#bed #breaking #climb #cracking #getting

I have woven a parachute out of everything broken. ↗

— William Stafford

#everything #i #out #parachute #woven

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 it from hurting, so it doesn't even hurt when you hit. It was a great experience to be able to do both. ↗

— Leroy Chiao

#both #coming #different #down #even

The scenes in the show were filmed with a crew of really excellent stunt jumpers, but we had the feel of the parachutes, so we could be more realistic in the roles. ↗

— Ken Curtis

#crew #excellent #feel #filmed #had

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 parachute in with checks for $5 million or $10 million, and that seems to be the definition of credible or legitimate. I'm rejecting that premise. ↗

— Elizabeth Emken

#career politicians #checks #credible #definition #different

Love is like jumping out of an airplane with no parachute. But there’s no need to be frightened, because that plane is still on the ground. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#fear #fright #frightened #funny #humor

Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open. ↗

— James Dewar

#like #minds #only #open #parachutes