Quotable Quotes

[Skypuppy]

I've always been a sucker for inane trivia or interesting quotations. I thought it might be interesting to post a thread looking for interesting, funny or relevant quotes for Base jumpers. I know their are some on the ABA web-site, so I thought I'd try not to duplicate them here (Altho I love that George Carling quote about the order of life!).

I saw a good one this week -

"Dream as if you'll live forever;
Live as if you'll die today."

Attributed to James Dean.

The other one I've always loved, tho' it may not be really relevant (unless you can picture your better half saying it) was between Winston Churchill and Lady Astor in the British House of Parliament -

Lady Astor - "Winston, if you were my husband I'd put poison in your coffee!"

to which Churchill replied, "Lady, if you were my wife I"d drink it!"

Hope this spurs some interest in other late-nite readers.

Skypuppy BASE92:+

[guest]

the road leads nowhere, it just stops one day.
so,
the important thing is to live a lot, while traveling on the road

-no one

[guest]

"...'tis a fine line between bravery and stupidity...":P by...???

[imported_Tom Aiello]

Oh, god. I've been collecting these things for years.

Some aren't so much related to BASE, as related to my personal philosophy of BASE.

I'm about to bore everyone stiff, but here's a small sampling of my collection...

If the price to pay for freedom is loneliness, then so be it.
- M

If you are comfortable with the fact that you will attend your friends or your own funeral sometime during your BASE jumping career, you are ready to start. If not, don’t bother.
- Greg Nevolo

When you try to turn a mental illness into a sport, there will be casualties.
- Andy West

Twisted minds of psycho individuals involved in BASE jumping appear to convert an intense fear of this risk-taking activity into the pure pleasure that gets them high as a kite.
- Yuri Kuznetsov

In a world full of people, only some want to fly. Isn’t that crazy?
- Jay Smith

The concept of “mental health” in our society is defined largely by the extent to which an individual behaves in accord with the needs of the system and does so without showing signs of stress.
- Ted Kaczynski

Real BASE jumpers are rebels more than freedom fighters. The good ones seek neither publicity permission or support. They are the last cowboys of aviation and when gone this sport will be just another pastime, like golf or bowling.
- Nick di Giovanni

It is not because things are difficult that we do not try them. It is because we do not try them that they are difficult.
- Seneca

Sometimes we live no particular way but our own.
- Jerry Garcia

I feel that my enemy is anyone who would, given the power to do so, restrict my individual liberty, and this includes all officials, law officers, army sergeants, communists, Catholics, and the House Un-American Activities Committee.
- Chuck Pratt

There is no margin for error, so either a strong will to survive, or better still a blatant disregard for life, will prove helpful.
- Andy Pollitt

Life is a dangerous sport. If you are unwilling to accept the consequences, don’t play the game.
- Chris MacMurdo

There will be plenty of time to sleep when you’re dead.
- Kent Tribble

If you are stupid, you pay the penalty. There are no smart bombs, no hyperspace, and no second chances.
- Stuart Cheshire

Justified fear is a shrewd advisor.
- John Long

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.
- Craig Magie


Oh, my. That was horribly self indulgent. I apologize.

--Tom Aiello
tbaiello@ucdavis.edu

[guest]

In addition to the "poison" quote, my other favorite is:

One night at a party, Lady Astor looked at Churchill and declared, "Sir, you are DRUNK!"

To which Churchill replied: "And you, madam, are UGLY, and the difference between us is that, in the morning, I shall be sober, and you shall still be ugly."

Thanks for the fun. This Board gets a little serious at times -- and Tom, no apologies necessary. You had some good 'uns in there.

Happy Holidays to all.

Robin Heid
BASE 44

[d-dog]

For the record, not my favorite historical figure but he did have a knack for saying some things well. To wit:

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

Peace,

D-dog
ddog@wrinko.com
www.wrinko.com

[Skinflicka]

Skin, Skypunk, Jimmy and Justin...

Bridge in the morning, pylon for sunset.

Low, windy, cold, electrical (burned hand, arms, ass (yes ass) and balls (don't even think about it - my eyes are still watering)).....and the thought I just had to express in the car was....?

"The most dangerous part of any BASE jump is having Skypunk drive you to the object"...Skinflicka.

Try it sometime...just follow the line of grown men crying.

2 gnarly jumps on Christmas Eve in the wind and cold. That's what it's all about.

Hope you're all having fun out there too.

Merry Christmas.

Skin. :-)

[guest]

...Not that it's particularly BASE related, but I find this one rather interesting... "A man may destroy everything within himself, love and hate and even doubt, but as long as he clings to life he cannot destroy fear; the fear, subtle, indestructible, and terrible, that pervades his being; that tinges his thoughts; that lurks in his heart; that watches on his lips the struggle of his last breath." -Joseph Conrad,An Outpost Of Progress .......................................Stay cool and keep a LOW profile...704

[Skypuppy]

You make mine look sort of weak - here goes:

'The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist fears this is true.' - Robert Oppenheimer




'I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world' - Albert Einstein

and of course

'Don't take life to seriously - you'll never get out alive!' by, of course, BUGS BUNNY!

Happy New Year!

Skypuppy BASE92:+

[Skypuppy]

Robin - can't find your email address - email me at
pricesmoneypit@aol.com

Skypuppy BASE92:+

[guest]

As long as your all on Winston Churchill:

Never give in, never, never, never, NEVER, in nothing great or small,large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yeild to force; never yield to the apparantly overwhelming might of the enemy.


A friend of mine named Jody Victor:

Never surrender the leadership of your life to fear.


A dude I met in college whose name I no longer remember:

Skydiving is a lot like masturbation. Although I've never been skydiving, but I really like masturbation.

Enjoy! :7

[guest]

"Oh, god. I've been collecting these things for years." Tom Aiello

And, one of my favorites,

"Hey, these cookies don't taste anything like
Girl Scouts" Unknown.

t from Texas.



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[guest]

"Carelessness and complacency are far more dangerous than accepted risk," Wilbur Wright.

Have fun...

Matt

[guest]

-Den som gir seg er en dritt!

Translated to english it would be something like "those who quit are like #####". 'Tis what my father used to say when I was a kid
:7

[guest]

Hey, Mr. Aiello. Those were great, but this one
>In a world full of people, only some want to
>fly. Isn’t that crazy?
>- Jay Smith
is fom Seal's song "Crazy". It's a great song, one of many profound songs on a very profound album. If you don't know it, I recommend that you get a copy.
Love,
BooYah