Jumping's Quotes

#1. When I'm in turmoil, when I can't think, when I'm exhausted and afraid and feeling very, very alone, I go for walks. It's just one of those things I do. I walk and I walk and sooner or later something comes to me, something to make me feel less like jumping off a building. - Author: Jim Butcher

#2. You can't just close your eyes and hope everything turns out all right. That's a fine strategy for jumping out of an airplane, but it's no way to conduct your life. In order to get anywhere you must first know where it is you want to go. Then you can figure out how to get there. - Author: Mike Greenberg

#3. To hell with it. I'm jumping in his bed tonight and having myself a nice little birthday. He's wearing cowboy boots for God's sake. The man doesn't play fair. - Author: Addison Moore

#4. Society has pretty much taught us that it's inside the lines, or outside. But there's so much more in between. - Author: Amber L. Johnson

#5. He's not weird. He's just not exactly like you. - Author: Amber L. Johnson

#6. Do you think the saucer actually had an inertialess drive - like E. E. Smith's bergenholms or something?" Harry McHeath asked Doc. "Have to, I'd think, the way it was jumping around. In a situation like this, science fiction is our only guide. On the other hand - - Author: Fritz Leiber

#7. You can't fall away from something if you were never there in the first place. It's the difference between jumping off a cliff and passing out where you stand. - Author: Sloane Crosley

#8. Cancer has pizzazz, box office and glamour, and in actual dollars and prestige, even heart and mental can't hold a candle to it. It's a health dodge with a future and everybody who's anybody is jumping in ... - Author: Edgar Berman

#9. They have fled from the true America, the America of atomic bombs, scalpings, hip-hop, chaos theory, cement overshoes, snake handlers, spree killers, space walks, buffalo jumps, drive-bys, cruise missiles; Sherman's March, gridlock, motorcycle gangs, and bungee jumping. - Author: Neal Stephenson

#10. I think it turned the whole sport around. It got everybody's attention. People who were watching TV live were jumping up and down in their living rooms. - Author: Cale Yarborough

#11. It's just for some reason I've got just as many fans that only like me when I'm yelling or being funny or whatnot, and jumping up and down on a pogo stick while playing a fancy lead guitar. And they get mad when I sing a heartfelt emotional song and if there's an album full of them. - Author: Butch Walker

#12. I love that, even after jumping through hoops forever, I can still get that buzz, that hook. That's very healthy, but it's bittersweet, too, because if you don't get the part, you have to deal with the disappointment. I don't think I'll ever negotiate those peaks and troughs wholly healthily. - Author: Gina McKee

#13. Dunking is something guys care more about than girls, There's something about jumping that seems to fascinate guys. Girls are more, like, 'As long as the ball goes in, who cares how you got it there?' - Author: Lisa Leslie

#14. You're late, asshole!" he said cheerfully. He tried to snatch the six-pack out of Cheyenne's hands but, being shorter by at least half a foot, ended up jumping in the air, his limbs flailing in an exaggerated manner. - Author: Melissa Noel

#15. When you're jumping, it's just an aggressiveness, but I think the exhilaration and the fun comes after you make the bar and you're falling. That's the best part - a few seconds to celebrate and relax. - Author: Jenn Suhr

#16. On his world record triple jump - It's only jumping into a sandpit. - Author: Jonathan Edwards

#17. There's more to life than..." Her eyes darted to the shore where Shannon had found a decent place to film them. "Jumping into the sack."
"Not much," he muttered. "There's a lot to be said for a good fuck. - Author: Zoe Forward

#18. In the future I think the labels on most pop music are going to go. Everyone keeps jumping into everyone else's space. - Author: Valerie Simpson

#19. [ 1600 Penn] is an ensemble comedy about a family. It just happens to utilize the fact that my character is now being forced into this world as a jumping off point. But, in no way is it the crux of the series. It's simply an introduction to the world. - Author: Josh Gad

#20. You're jumping over the bench, jumping back onto the ice and you're working as a unit. Defenders can move up the ice and score goals as well as the forwards. It's a real fast, physical game. It's the fastest game on earth so it's pretty enjoyable to watch. - Author: Gerad Adams

#21. If you really want to stay the same age you are now forever and ever, she'd be thinking, try jumping off the roof: death's a sure-fire method for stopping time. - Author: Margaret Atwood

#22. I have a strong feeling about interesting people in space exploration ... And the only way it's going to happen is to have some kid fantasize about getting his ray gun, jumping into his spaceship, and flying into outer space. - Author: George Lucas

#23. Sometimes, as a guest actor, when you come on, you're coming into a show that's already been established, and the wheels are already in motion. It can be very nerve-wracking, jumping in as a newcomer, but everyone on 'Saving Hope' was so welcoming. - Author: Erin Karpluk

#24. Bright, white coming alive jumping off of the aerial
All the time it's a changing, like now ... - Author: Kate Bush

#25. I'm constantly jumping off cliffs and developing my wings on the way down ... It's a gamble, a ... spiritual gamble. You are who you choose to be. - Author: Shia Labeouf

#26. Lemmings with suicide vests. It's kind of an insult to lemmings to call them lemmings, so they'd have to be more than just a lemming, because jumping to your death is not enough. - Author: Devin Nunes

#27. It's true that we are more open than our parents but that just means we accept sex and talk about it. It doesn't mean we are all jumping in bed together. - Author: Judy Blume

#28. Number one is that it just scares people! Your hair is standing up on your arms, or at least that there's a few moments when you're jumping. That's what makes it a good horror movie. - Author: Gina Philips

#29. Look at her. She looks so harmless and meek, but inside she's a lion. Tory is an adrenaline junkie the likes of which you've probably never seen ... everything from deep-sea diving to base jumping. Hell, she even jumps out of perfectly good airplanes for fun. (Pam) - Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon

#30. The kind of approach that inspires me is taking what you've built and figuring out how to turn it into a new experience by expanding it smartly. The challenge is figuring out what's the best way to do that without totally jumping off of a cliff. - Author: Steve Gaynor

#31. I've been through a lot, both personally and professionally, and the album that I started to record two and a half years ago is a different album from the one that exists today. I even changed the album title. First it was 'All I Want is Everything,' and now it's 'Jumping Trains.' - Author: Jojo

#32. Youth is the only sexy tragedy. It's James Dean jumping into his Porsche Spyder, it's Marilyn heading off to bed. - Author: Michael Cunningham

#33. There's a tree," Starflight said, jumping to his feet. "In the forest."
"No way," Glory said. "A tree in the forest? - Author: Tui T. Sutherland

#34. Okay, lesson on Tate and music. If fans do anything less than carve the band's name into their skin, then the band isn't worth listening to. Any music that involves more than jumping around and banging your head is about as exciting as Kenny G to her. - Author: Penelope Douglas

#35. There's something about yoga that makes it a spiritual experience, I'm realizing. It's opening me beyond myself. A good class seems like a dose of LSD--without the worry you'll find yourself jumping off a roof into a swimming pool. - Author: Meryl Davids Landau

#36. Trying to understand God's will for anything without reading the Bible is like jumping into the middle of a cricket match without knowing any of the rules and never having watched a game. - Author: Vance C. Kessler

#37. Well, it's no good jumping at conclusions."
"Jump? You don't even crawl distantly within sight of a conclusion. I believe if you caught the cat with her head in the cream-jug you'd say it was conceivable that the jug was empty when she got there. - Author: Dorothy L. Sayers

#38. I look upon meself as ... You take a band that's made up of arms, legs, bodies ... I happen to be the piece that talks. And does all that area of it, you know? I'm also very easy to recognize; the darkie in the middle jumping around with the guitar, you know. Dat boy's got rhydm!!! - Author: Phil Lynott

#39. I'm jumping in right now. And I'm going to say that everybody I know has a 'day I met CM Punk story' and they're all 100% fabrication. It's all bullshit. Thank you. - Author: CM Punk

#40. I was jumping out of my skin. It was horrible. I was all over the place, because I'd never been in front of a live audience. That's a whole other element in the play, the audience. - Author: Lorraine Bracco

#41. On 'Death Valley,' I fought this werewolf, and he was picking me up and slamming me down. They put padding down in the garbage so he could really slam me down. They're flying around and I'm doing these jumping flying triangles pulling the guy down. It's just fun. - Author: Caity Lotz

#42. What can you do with it? It's like a lot of yaks jumping about. - Author: Thomas Beecham

#43. We're superheroes. He's not sticking to the script. If he keeps deviating, I'm jumping comic books. - Author: Karen Marie Moning

#44. You don't have to go that far," Dr. Roberts said. "You should be able to walk normally. Just no more jumping from balconies for a while."
"How about ever?" Gabriel asked. "Let's go with that. Never ever jump off the school balcony again. Or any balcony. Stay away from balconies. - Author: C.L.Stone

#45. If your agent or publisher is jumping up and down at the thought of your novel, it's because they're picturing the movie poster on the side of the bus. - Author: Dave Morris

#46. Standing is stupid,
Crawling's a curse,
Skipping is silly,
Walking is worse.
Hopping is hopeless,
Jumping's a chore,
Sitting is senseless,
Leaning's a bore.
Running's ridiculous,
Jogging's insane-
Guess I'll go upstairs and
Lie down again. - Author: Shel Silverstein

#47. I once tried to commit suicide by jumping off a building ... I changed my mind at the last minute, so I just flipped over and landed on my feet. Two little kittens nearby saw what happened and one turns to the other and says, "See, that's how it's done." - Author: Steven Wright

#48. Upon my return I found the call in my box. It was Anne's number, then Anne's voice on the wire, and, as always, the little leap and plunk in my heart like a frog jumping into a lily pool. With the ripples spreading round. - Author: Robert Penn Warren

#49. I would want to have Spider-Man's web slinging abilities. I always thought it'd be cool to swing around the city jumping off of buildings and free diving. - Author: Denzel Whitaker

#50. Grads need to remember that it's [showcases] just a jumping off point for their career, not the defining moment. - Author: Rachel Hoffman

#51. He's the kind of Finch who would stand on a building and think about jumping just because nothing scares him. He is seriously badass. - Author: Jennifer Niven

#52. It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God's mansion lies the stump of ego. One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump. - Author: Ramakrishna

#53. The Harley's got a little too much torque when it comes to jumping. - Author: Evel Knievel

#54. Self-builders are the adrenalin junkies of the DIY world; it's the equivalent of base-jumping off the top of the Gherkin to land in a paddling pool. - Author: Kevin McCloud

#55. It's early days. A few skeletons are bound to keep jumping out of the closet. - Author: Alan Moore

#56. You should encourage a child to show off. You can say to a child, 'Stop being rude,' 'Stop shouting,' 'Stop jumping around on the furniture.' But 'Stop showing off'? That's awful. - Author: Charles Dance

#57. I enjoy the risk of bungee-jumping. I used to pay money to do it. Now, it's the opposite. I get paid to do action. - Author: Akshay Kumar

#58. Of course I didn't want to involve myself in devastating crimes I hadn't done - especially under the present circumstances, where the U.S. government was jumping on every Muslim and trying to pin any crime on him. - Author: Mohamedou Ould Slahi

#59. It's not even a kiss anymore. It's jumping off a building. It's a coke binge. A single slash to the throat. Kissing Leo is like perpetual suicide; I die in her mouth over and over, my hips smacking into hers with all the force of the fall. - Author: Lime Craven

#60. Life's a gloomy puddle, until you start jumping in it. - Author: Curtis Tyrone Jones

#61. You get to shoot things, and things blow up, and you're jumping off of buildings. It's insane! And hot girls. And you get to dress cool. And you're in a movie with Tom Cruise, come on! So it's a dream come true. Truly. - Author: Josh Holloway

#62. It's all about sticking to your plan and experiencing feelings as they arise. If you are unwilling to feel your feelings, the temptation is to avoid them by jumping off your system - Author: Ed Seykota

#63. You end up becoming who you are by jumping into that circle of fear - that's how it's done. - Author: Paula Abdul

#64. I want to do some things before I have children, because when I have children it's not going to happen. I've done bungee jumping, I've done the running with the bulls, I guess sky diving is the last thing on my list. - Author: Heather Mitts

#65. The second I walk onto the set and I know that there's a camera and I know that there's a David Twohy behind that camera, there is zero pressure. There is just me jumping into a pool called 'Riddick.' It's the most free I am. It's like channeling something. - Author: Vin Diesel

#66. There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!' - Author: R. Kelly

#67. Merlin's pants!" shrieked Hermione, jumping up and running from the room.
"Merlin's pants?" repeated Ron, looking amused. "She must be really upset. - Author: J.K. Rowling

#68. I'm not jumping into anything fast. I'm an actor that likes to choose my work and there's an element of good taste to my work. - Author: Luke Ford

#69. As long as Pete and Joe are there, it's gonna be jumping. - Author: Jay McShann

#70. Ray Bradbury's connections to fantasy, space, cinema, to the macabre and the melancholy, were all born of his years spent running, jumping, galloping through the woods, across the fields, and down the brick-paved streets of Waukegan. - Author: Sam Weller

#71. Nothing had excited me-the huge cars, the entourages, the bodyguards, the policeman jumping to attention, all meant nothing to me ... till I came to the old man's office. (On becoming prime minister) - Author: Shimon Peres

#72. Millie ran back and forth, first jumping on Diego, then Henry, then Diego. "Arff!" she said, which means "let's help" in the way dogs talk. - Author: Tracy Aiello

#73. I'm very grateful for work especially in film industry. It's highly competitive and there are a lot of people standing behind me jumping at the opportunity to only do one thing, like one movie or one TV show or one episode. - Author: Famke Janssen

#74. I hate working out, but I love jumping rope. Theres a rhythm. It's like dancing. - Author: Katy Perry

#75. I've always been the locker-room jokester, the fun guy, the guy who keeps it loose and easy. But also, on Sundays, the guy in that huddle jumping up and down, telling guys, 'Hey, get it going. Let's go.' Firing everybody up. So I'm part relaxation therapist and part Red Bull. - Author: Michael Strahan

#76. I did it, Finn. I did it. I was ready to jump, and now she's jumping with me. - Author: Jessica Park

#77. Competing in show jumping is a school of life. And it's one of the few Olympic sports where men and women are equal. - Author: Charlotte Casiraghi

#78. Jemima Jane Erickson was one drunken pass away from jumping Ethan Weston's bones. He just didn't know it. - Author: Amy Andrews

#79. For a brief second, I entertained the idea of ripping off my gloves, rushing down the hall, and jumping on Dustin's back like a psychotic monkey. - Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout

#80. In politics, Bugs Bunny always beats Daffy Duck. Daffy's always going berserk, jumping up and down, yelling. Bugs's got that sly smile, like he always knows what's up, like nothing can ruffle him. - Author: Jeff Greenfield

#81. Experts may help assemble data, specialists may organize it, professionals may offer theories to explain it. But none of these can substitute for each person's own leap into the dark, jumping in to draw his or her own conclusions. - Author: Charles R. Wolfe

#82. Rules?"
He nodded as he peeled the third egg. "There's not that many. No shutting me out. It's just you and me and no one else." He paused, and my
heart was jumping. "And finally, you keep looking damn sexy in my shirts. - Author: J. Lynn

#83. If we wander around as politicians jumping at every shadow and desperately afraid of having our words taken out of context or attacks layered on in an unfair way, I think we're actually doing a disrespect to Canadians, to people's intelligence. - Author: Justin Trudeau

#84. Hardcore wrestling like CZW is just nonsense. There's no story there. You've got guys jumping off of houses onto barb wired tables, and that's it. They don't know how to work. CZW is trash. - Author: Triple H

#85. These were all middle-class kids from literary backgrounds, joining this sort of train going by, this pop train, jumping on. Whereas the rest of the rock scene, you'll find that there's mostly working-class people. - Author: Kevin Ayers

#86. There is more to being in love than just jumping into bed, you know. Like just being close, in one another's arms. - Author: Terry Goodkind

#87. There's always the danger when you have influenzas that infect chickens, that when you have the close quarters of chickens spreading from one to another and occasionally a human coming into close contact, that there will be the jumping of species from a chicken to a human. This is not something new. - Author: Anthony Fauci

#88. One of the things I've always felt," Steve told me, "is that if you're going to be creative, it's like jumping up in the air; you want to make damn sure the ground is going to be there when you get back. - Author: Brent Schlender

#89. When you are playing a detective, particularly as a woman, you either are going to embrace the fact that it's a man's world you are jumping into, or you're going to ignore it. - Author: Roberto Orci

#90. I don't know whether I'm, like, jumping the gun but it's possible that in the future we may be able to use the information that we can't receive at the moment. - Author: Sean Booth

#91. There's something about a parenthesis in fiction that puts one off, saying, "It's me, moi, jumping in now." - Author: John L'Heureux

#92. Ah, the power of two. There's nothing quite like it. Especially when it comes to paying utility bills, parenting, cooking elaborate meals, purchasing a grown-up bed, jumping rope and lifting heavy machinery. The world favours pairs. Who wants to waste the wood building an ark for singletons? - Author: Sloane Crosley

#93. But in Shimabukuro's hands, as he breaks out experimental jazz, lays down a steady blues train, or shreds on rock anthems, this little jumping flea becomes a melodic monster. - Author: Mother Jones

#94. A slumpbuster is when you have to take one for the team. It's finding the biggest, nastiest, fattest broad, and you put the wood to her to come out of your slump. Also known as 'jumping on a grenade for the team'. - Author: Mark Grace

#95. Don't chase the money ... chase the passion. Because that's what is going to keep you happy and motivated and jumping out of that bed Monday morning. - Author: Tyra Banks

#96. I really like doing action. It's one of those things where I negotiate the world physically, I think, more than mentally. I enjoy running and jumping. - Author: Channing Tatum

#97. Would you buy a giant inflatable jumping castle if you had no children and no garden to put it in? No? Then why would you eat food that you didn't need and didn't enjoy? It's just as nonsensical. - Author: Ingrid Lindberg

#98. Before I came to New York, I only had a few pictures of the city in my mind. And you know 'That Girl?' Marlo Thomas jumping with her hat? I always loved that, and I wondered what that double street she crosses is. And it's Park Avenue! And that's what I can see out my window. - Author: Kate Spade

#99. It's like jumping backwards into a snowdrift and not knowing how deeply you're going to sink. - Author: Tarryn Fisher

#100. I just love jumping into someone else's life. It is a relatively cheap way to experience things you would be too scared to contemplate in your own life. - Author: Dougray Scott