If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving definitely isn’t for you. – Author Unknown
You know you’re a skydiver when you know what the lines mean on a weather map. – Author Unknown
Skydive naked from an aeroplane…. – Nikki Sixx, “Kickstart My Heart” (Mötley Crüe song)
Yeah, I knew a lot of those guys who parachute jumped at county fairs in the twenties and thirties, I just never knew any of them for very long. – Fritz Orchard
People have always liked to be frightened. People love to feel that jolt of adrenaline. People love roller coasters. People love skydiving. These things that really get your heart pumping, and horror films are sort of a safe way to get that rush I guess. – Aaron Stanford
You know you’re a skydiver when you buy anything you calculate how many skydives it will cost. – Author Unknown
Once you’ve thrown your pilot chute, you’re done. It’s out of your hands. From that moment on you just enjoy the view or panic. – Tim Rigby (BASE jumping)
Minds are like parachutes — they only function when open. – Author Unknown
You know you’re a skydiver when you don’t remember your anniversary or your mother’s birthday, but you know down to the second how much accumulated free fall time you have. – Author Unknown
The sky is not the limit — the ground is. – Allen Roulston
You know you’re a skydiver when you analyze every flag you see in terms of it’s too windy/not too windy to jump. – Author Unknown
I feel the need to endanger myself every so often. – Tim Daly
For — believe me — the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is — to live dangerously! – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), The Gay Science, “Book Four: St Januarius
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 pretend you were swimming. – Jack Handey
