The sky is not the limit - the ground is.
Allen Roulston - Keyword(s):

Skydivers are people who enjoy falling down.
Allen Roulston - Keyword(s):

Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
Anonymous - Keyword(s): Mind

When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
Leonardo da Vinci - Keyword(s): Flying

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 - Keyword(s): , Swimming

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.
Gil Stern - Keyword(s): Flying , Optimism , Pessimism

You know you're a skydiver when you try to convince the flight attendant on a commercial flight that you really would be much more comfortable sitting on the floor.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

If riding in an airplane is flying, then riding in a boat is swimming. If you want to experience the element, then get out of the vehicle.
Anonymous - Keyword(s): , Swimming

If I could stand in an open airplane doorway two-and-a-half miles above the ground and will myself to step into empty space, then I could do anything.
Dave Stein - Keyword(s):

You swallow hard, thinking to yourself, 'It must be all right, thousands of people have done it before.' Then... 'But this time it's me - that's the difference!'
Charles Shea-Simonds - Keyword(s):

Don't be afraid of falling out of the plane, you are dressed for the occasion.
Kai Wolf - Keyword(s):

You know you're a skydiver when you'll wake up at 6:30 am on the weekends to get to the drop zone, but you can't seem to get up by 7:30 on the weekdays to be at work by 8:00.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

You know you're a skydiver when your friends think it's funny when you are sleeping to blow a fan in your face and set a beeper off near your ear.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

No one's hungry in the first few seconds of a skydive.
Brad Pilon - Keyword(s):

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 - Keyword(s):

Out of 10,000 feet of fall, always remember that the last half inch hurts the most.
Charles W. Purcell - Keyword(s):

At 13,000 feet nothing else matters.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

Plain and simple, skydiving is all about controlled terror, and I love it.
Lewis B. Sanborn - Keyword(s):

I suspected skydiving was dangerous when they asked me to sign a waiver. They confirmed my suspicions when they asked me to pay in advance.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

Most sports only need one ball. Mine takes both. Skydive!
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

You know what they say about skydivers, right? There are old skydivers and bold skydivers, but there are no old, bold skydivers.
Jeff Wuorio - Keyword(s):

In a world where we are all slaves to the laws of gravity, skydivers are proud to be freedom fighters!
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

You know you're a skydiver when your friends look at the sky and say, "look at all those clouds," and you say, "look at all those holes!"
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

I wish the whole world could see what I see. Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
Felix Baumgartner - Keyword(s):

If the good Lord had wanted people to stay on the ground, he would have given us roots.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

You know you're a skydiver when you know what the lines mean on a weather map.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

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 - Keyword(s):

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.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

You know you're a skydiver when on windy days you go to the drop zone anyway and bitch about the weather.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

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 - Keyword(s):

Only skydivers know why the birds sing. They never have to pack a parachute.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

If at first you don't succeed, skydiving definitely isn't for you.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

You know you're a skydiver when you show up at the drop zone even on the worst-weather days because at least you can sit around drinking beer.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

You know you're a skydiver when you buy anything you calculate how many skydives it will cost.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

Jump pilots have an open door policy.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

You know you're a skydiver when you can't put on a backpack without checking for leg straps.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):

You know you're a skydiver when you wear your rig on commercial passenger flights, just in case.
Anonymous - Keyword(s):