Lately I think of myself as more bird than human.Dean PotterTheWorldMotivation.comTry New ThemeDownloadSharePin ItCopied to clipboard!“Lately I think of myself as more bird than human.
“I know my family's adventures must scare a lot of you who have rarely or never been into the wild or are afraid of heights and exposure.”Dean PotterAdventures
“None of my friends, or anyone I know, told me not to jump with Whisper. Anyone who knows me knows that I would never put my dog in harm's way.”Dean Potter
“The luckiest person in the world is somebody who is born into a small, shabby-genteel town on a major railway connection with 24,000 souls and a bird sanctuary and whose grandfather owns a farm and whose father owns a business -whose family is mildly prosperous but not rich, which means you can leave the town.”Allan GurganusBird
“If you ask my dad, I'm always the person that found the little bird out of the nest and is trying to put it back or take care of it.”Jill EllisBird
“Larry Bird was a talker. He'd tell you something and you'd be like, are you kidding me? You're really telling me that?”
“Thirty guys equals five percent die-off among active wingsuit base jumpers. That means there's a flaw in our system and you're an idiot if you think anything else. I'm smart enough to know that five percent means it could be me.”Dean PotterEquals
“I know I'm just as mortal as everybody else and I think about that quite a bit, but I really do feel like everyone lives with this - they're just not aware of it.”Dean PotterAware
“Well, I'm a pretty wild guy and I live pretty close to nature - I've often lived in caves or on the edge of cliffs or in forests - so it's just second nature for me to tap into the movings of the weather and the world.”Dean PotterCaves
“Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven.”Francis BeaumontBird
“The pigeon here is a beautiful bird, of a delicate bronze colour, tinged with pink about the neck, and the wings marked with green and purple.”William John WillsBird