“It's like watching lemmings run off the cliff.”

“And just like this, all of a sudden, your people and mine will begin to talk?" "It only looks sudden from some places. Running off a cliff is sudden if you don't know it's there, even if you have been running toward it for days." "That's not a reassuring metaphor.”

“Being chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee is like jumping off a cliff. The thrill is very short.”

“Falling in love was like falling off a cliff. It felt pretty much like flying until you hit the ground.”

“But the act, called the sexual act, is not for the depositing of seed. It is for leaping off into the unknown, as from a cliff's edge, like Sappho into the sea.”

“Watching George Romney run for the presidency was like watching a duck try to make love to a football.”

“There's always a choice,' said Torak, and walked backward off the cliff.”

“Acting without knowing takes you right off the cliff.”

“When you jump off a cliff, is it better to land on jagged rocks or burning lava? I know this one. The answer is obvious: It doesn't matter where you land. You just jumped off a cliff.”

“I challenge Destiny, yes, but I do not leap off cliffs.”