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Quotes About Jump

Monkey can make a long jump with his muscles; and man, with his wisdom!
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
And you divorced her. Are you gay?' 'No, but I could make an exception for you. I'll shove my foot up your arse. I bet you don't even jump.
~ Michael Robotham
They were slowing down. The noise of the rope as they reached the full extent of the jump sounded like the ricochet crack of the sail on a tall ship. And now they were accelerating again, up, up and suddenly they were hanging suspended: weightless in space. No up or down. The feeling of disorientation absolute.
~ Unknown
Are you in here for an actual reason? CARTER Pretty much. I don't remember what it is, but I'm sure I had one when I started down the hall … TOM Perfect. CARTER Oh, yeah, now I recall . Because I was bored in my office … (Beat.) Plus, you have nicer windows. TOM Feel free to open one and jump … LaBute, Neil (2004-11-29). Fat Pig: A Play (pp. 18-19). Faber & Faber. Kindle Edition.
~ Neil LaBute
Anyone who has ever stood at a great height and felt the impulse to jump recognizes the draw. And what is adolescence if not a great height from which we are all expected to jump?
~ Noah Hawley
Well, life is not just a business of standing on dry land and occasionally getting your feet wet. It is merely an illusion that some of us stand on one bank and some on the opposite. So long as we stand like that we are not living at all, but dreaming. So jump, jump in, and let the shock wake us up. Even if we drown, at least for a moment or two before we die we shall be awake and alive.
~ Paul Scott
isolation of Uíge—might go some way to explain why the Angola Marburg outbreak failed to achieve what Ebola now has, the jump
~ Unknown
And sometimes the places that happenstance sent you weren't as vague as a direction, sometimes they were as steel-cast and unforgiving as a set of rails. And sometimes the only way to jump the rails and set a new course was to have a wreck.
~ Peter Heller
Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it) and jumped into the sea.
~ John 21:7