#parachute

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

— Thomas R. Dewar

#like #minds #only #open #parachutes

All right, then nobody can complain if we ask pregnant women to make parachute jumps. ↗

— Muammar al-Gaddafi

#complain #jumps #make #nobody #parachute

My suit blew up into a parachute. All this water rushed in, there's air, water in there. I was freaking out. ↗

— Ryan Lochte

#blew #i #into #out #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