Quotes About Risk

Nothing risqué, nothing gained.

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.

Most sports only need one ball. Mine takes both. Skydive!

You do not need a parachute to skydive — you only need a parachute to skydive twice.

Only skydivers know why the birds sing — they never have to pack a parachute.

You know you're a skydiver when you can't put on a backpack without checking for leg straps.

In a world where we are all slaves to the laws of gravity, skydivers are proud to be freedom fighters!

You know you're a skydiver when you wear your rig on commercial passenger flights, just in case.

Don't be afraid of falling out of the plane, you are dressed for the occasion.

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!"

You know you're a skydiver when on windy days you go to the drop zone anyway and complain about the weather.

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.

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.

You know you're a skydiver when you are thinking about taking all the but the driver's seats out of your car.

You know you're a skydiver when you buy anything you calculate how many skydives it will cost.

You know you're a skydiver when you analyze every flag you see in terms of it's too windy or it's not too windy to jump.

Another thing that cigarette smoking causes is statistics.

Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.

Cigarettes are killers that travel in packs.

On the average, one thousand people settle on or near the San Andreas Fault each day. Nowhere in the United States is the density of population greater than in San Francisco and its environs. Nowhere is disregard of the danger more apparent.

Don't be afraid your life will end be afraid that it will never begin.

It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.

It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission.

Dead folks can't hurt you none. It's the ones that are alive, you have to watch out for.