Die or Fly/Quotes

It is sometimes a mistake to climb; it is always a mistake never to make the attempt.... Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.

—Neil Gaiman

Shepherd: One thing is for sure, the sheep is not a creature of the air. They have enormous difficulty in the comparatively simple act of perchin'. (SFX: Baaa baaa... flap flap... thud.) As you see. As for flight, its body is totally unadapted to the problems of aviation. Trouble is, sheep are very dim. Once they get an idea in their 'eads, there's no shiftin' it.
Tourist: But where did they get the idea from?

Shepherd: From Harold. He's that sheep over there under the elm. He's that most dangerous of animals, a clever sheep. He's the ring leader. He has realized that a sheep's life consists of standin' around for a few months and then bein' eaten. And that's a depressing prospect for an ambitious sheep. He's patently hit on the idea of escape.

—Monty Python's Flying Circus, "Flying Sheep"