A gun is like breath to a drowning man--it has to be drawn in haste. — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
It's only water," she said. "Tell that to a drowning man," Giddon said. — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
He kissed me desperately, like a drowning man and I was his oxygen. — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
I love you the way a drowning man loves air. And it would destroy me to have you just a little. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“the poisonous world flows into my mouth like water into that of a drowning man” — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
Anyone who says they are not interested in politics is like a drowning man who insists he is not interested in water. — Nateman Copy Share Image
A drowning man cannot be saved until he is utterly exhausted and ceases to make the slightest effort to save himself. — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
One never dives into the water to save a drowning man more eagerly than when there are others present who dare not… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I love you with the passion of a drowning man for breathing air. I can't just have enough of you and having… — Sandra Thomas Copy Share Image
“If I have unjustly wrested a plank from a drowning man, I must restore it to him though I drown myself.” — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I never had a lot of drive, but because I had family responsibilities, I had a lot of tenacity - the tenacity… — Dick Van Dyke Copy Share Image
“Shame isn't a quiet grey cloud, shame is a drowning man who claws his way on top of you, scratching and tearing… — Kirsty Eagar Copy Share Image
“You must cry out if you want help. It is no use whatsoever to suffer in silence. Who will succour the drowning… — Kamala Markandaya Copy Share Image
“Never put your have out to a drowning man. I saw that on an HV special once. If you do, they grab… — May Kauffman Copy Share Image
I can't tell if a straw ever saved a drowning man, but I know that a mere glance is enough to make… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Everything is valuable under the right conditions. To a man dying of thirst, water be more precious than gold. To a drowning… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'd see my father, walking past my building on his way to another nowhere. I could have given him a key,… — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
“For the first time in his life, he was receiving the priceless gift of a woman's unconditional love and acceptance. It contradicted… — Barbara Branden Copy Share Image
My son will forever travel through a moonless night with only the roar of wind for company… A drowning man is not… — Michael Dorris Copy Share Image
We drift down time, clutching at straws. But what good's a brick to a drowning man? — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, Nathaniel, friends can be like nice boots on a drowning man.” — Gori Suture Copy Share Image
“There is a major difference between a scuba diver and a drowning man. One is in control of his experiences, the other… — Laren Grey Umphlett Copy Share Image
No drowning man can know which drop of water his last breath did stop;... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Do not be angry with the audacity of a desperate and drowning man for making a last effort to save himself from… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
