“Joining a gang is like sky diving without a parachute. Oh, at first it’s all fun, as you take on gravity in a thrilling and exhilarating free fall towards earth. The truth is, anything that is risky and dangerous always starts out as fun. But the odds are always stacked in gravity’s favor, for you will eventually come face to face with the earth, and mother earth always wins those battles. The same thing can be said about being in a gang.” FunDangerousConsequenceExcitementThrillingMother EarthExhilaratingYoungstersRisk TakingThug LifeGang MembersAgainst The OddsStreet LifeEarly DeathGang InterventionAt Risk YouthCrime PreventionParachuteCommunity PolicingYouth ProgramsEnd ResultAt Risk CommunitiesJoy RideFree FallJoining A GangRisky BehaviorsYouth ClubsGang InvolvementChurch Youth GroupSky Diving Book:The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father Source: The Fight of My Life is Wrapped Up in My Father
“[Photography is a] hair-raising joy ride in a medium that, despite being a mechanical trick, can break down the division between mind and matter like a superhero, or an artist.” MindMatterJoyArtistBreakHairPhotographyTricksMediumsDespiteDivisionBreaking DownSuperheroMind And MatterJoy Ride Author:Philip-Lorca diCorcia
“One thing I've learned about life is that if you really let go, it's just a joy ride.” IfsLife IsJoyOne ThingLetting GoSurrenderI've LearnedThings I've LearnedLetting Go And Moving OnJoy Ride Author:Ricky Williams
“Do not enjoy yourself. Enjoy dances and theaters and joy-rides and champagne and oysters; enjoy jazz and cocktails and night-clubs if you can enjoy nothing better; enjoy bigamy and burglary and any crime in the calendar, in preference to the other alternative; but never learn to enjoy yourself.” IfsJoyNightEnjoyCrimeTheaterJazzClubsAlternativesPreferenceChampagneCocktailsCalendarsOystersEnjoy YourselfNight ClubBurglaryBigamyFree AdviceJoy Ride Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Do not turn the superior eye of critical passivity upon these efforts .... We must not be ambitious. We cannot aspire to masterpieces. We may content ourselves with a joy ride in a paint-box.” MayEyeJoyTurnsEffortPaintBoxesCriticalSuperiorsLeisureAmbitiousAspireMasterpiecePassivityJoy Ride Author:Winston Churchill