Attributed
“You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.”
“It’s too late to change your mind after you’ve jumped off the cliff.”
Lini
(15 October 1993)
"When I Think Of My People Broken Down", as translated in "The Poetry of Sri Lanka", in Journal of South Asian Literature, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Fall-Winter 1976), published by Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, p. 11
Context: Unbearable becomes the pain in my heart —
When I think of my people, broken down,
broken by disease in mind and limb. On the edge of life they always linger;
For countless are the diseases
Of Ignorance and Hunger. And on treacherous paths to Slavery
like children blind, they would walk behind
strangers from over the sea. O, divine Land, blessed by the gods!
O, ancient Mother of Culture and Art!
Thy children today are spineless hordes.
“Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.”
Brown Daily Herald (24 March 1995)
Variant: Stand at the top of a cliff and jump off and build your wings on the way down.
Source: Fahrenheit 451
“Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.”
“I've got a lot to prove because of the criticism over my weight and moving back down a division.”
Ricky Hatton on the criticism which hes been receiving http://news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/6272581.stm
