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title: "29 Drowning Man Quotes by 27 authors"
description: "Browse 29 Drowning Man quotes by 27 authors. Discover the best Drowning Man sayings and thoughts."
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> [A drowning man will clutch at a straw.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-more/a-drowning-man-will-clutch-at-a-straw/)

[Thomas More](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-more/)

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> [A gun is like breath to a drowning man--it has to be drawn in haste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-m-cain/a-gun-is-like-breath-to-a-drowning-man-it-has-to-be-drawn-in-haste/)

[James M. Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-m-cain/)

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> [It's only water," she said. "Tell that to a drowning man," Giddon said.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/it-s-only-water-she-said-tell-that-to-a-drowning-man-giddon-said/)

[Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/)

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> [Religion is as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of a rope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/religion-is-as-helpful-as-throwing-a-drowning-man-both-ends-of-a-rope/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“A drowning man groping for a twig.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alison-goodman/a-drowning-man-groping-for-a-twig/)

[Alison Goodman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alison-goodman/)

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> [“That woman can sell water to a drowning man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-tartt/that-woman-can-sell-water-to-a-drowning-man/)

[Donna Tartt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-tartt/)

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> [“In a shipwreck, it is every drowning man for himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philippa-gregory/in-a-shipwreck-it-is-every-drowning-man-for-himself/)

[Philippa Gregory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philippa-gregory/)

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> [He kissed me desperately, like a drowning man and I was his oxygen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amanda-hocking/he-kissed-me-desperately-like-a-drowning-man-and-i-was-his-oxygen/)

[Amanda Hocking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amanda-hocking/)

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> [I love you the way a drowning man loves air. And it would destroy me to have you just a little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-love-you-the-way-a-drowning-man-loves-air-and-it-would-destroy-me/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“the poisonous world flows into my mouth like water into that of a drowning man”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/the-poisonous-world-flows-into-my-mouth-like-water-into-that-of-a/)

[Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/)

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> [Anyone who says they are not interested in politics is like a drowning man who insists he is not interested in water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nateman/anyone-who-says-they-are-not-interested-in-politics-is-like-a/)

[Nateman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nateman/)

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> [A drowning man cannot be saved until he is utterly exhausted and ceases to make the slightest effort to save himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/watchman-nee/a-drowning-man-cannot-be-saved-until-he-is-utterly-exhausted-and/)

[Watchman Nee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/watchman-nee/)

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> [One never dives into the water to save a drowning man more eagerly than when there are others present who dare not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/one-never-dives-into-the-water-to-save-a-drowning-man-more-eagerly/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [I love you with the passion of a drowning man for breathing air. I can't just have enough of you and having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-thomas/i-love-you-with-the-passion-of-a-drowning-man-for-breathing-air-i-can/)

[Sandra Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-thomas/)

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> [“If I have unjustly wrested a plank from a drowning man, I must restore it to him though I drown myself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/if-i-have-unjustly-wrested-a-plank-from-a-drowning-man-i-must-restore/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [I never had a lot of drive, but because I had family responsibilities, I had a lot of tenacity - the tenacity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dick-van-dyke/i-never-had-a-lot-of-drive-but-because-i-had-family-responsibilities/)

[Dick Van Dyke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dick-van-dyke/)

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> [“Shame isn't a quiet grey cloud, shame is a drowning man who claws his way on top of you, scratching and tearing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kirsty-eagar/shame-isn-t-a-quiet-grey-cloud-shame-is-a-drowning-man-who-claws-his/)

[Kirsty Eagar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kirsty-eagar/)

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> [“You must cry out if you want help. It is no use whatsoever to suffer in silence. Who will succour the drowning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kamala-markandaya/you-must-cry-out-if-you-want-help-it-is-no-use-whatsoever-to-suffer/)

[Kamala Markandaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kamala-markandaya/)

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> [“Never put your have out to a drowning man. I saw that on an HV special once. If you do, they grab…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/may-kauffman/never-put-your-have-out-to-a-drowning-man-i-saw-that-on-an-hv-special/)

[May Kauffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/may-kauffman/)

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> [I can't tell if a straw ever saved a drowning man, but I know that a mere glance is enough to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-conrad/i-can-t-tell-if-a-straw-ever-saved-a-drowning-man-but-i-know-that-a/)

[Joseph Conrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-conrad/)

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> [Everything is valuable under the right conditions. To a man dying of thirst, water be more precious than gold. To a drowning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/everything-is-valuable-under-the-right-conditions-to-a-man-dying-of/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

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> [Sometimes I'd see my father, walking past my building on his way to another nowhere. I could have given him a key,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-flynn/sometimes-i-d-see-my-father-walking-past-my-building-on-his-way-to/)

[Nick Flynn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-flynn/)

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> [“For the first time in his life, he was receiving the priceless gift of a woman's unconditional love and acceptance. It contradicted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-branden/for-the-first-time-in-his-life-he-was-receiving-the-priceless-gift-of/)

[Barbara Branden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-branden/)

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> [My son will forever travel through a moonless night with only the roar of wind for company… A drowning man is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-dorris/my-son-will-forever-travel-through-a-moonless-night-with-only-the/)

[Michael Dorris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-dorris/)

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> [We drift down time, clutching at straws. But what good's a brick to a drowning man?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/we-drift-down-time-clutching-at-straws-but-what-good-s-a-brick-to-a/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [“Sometimes, Nathaniel, friends can be like nice boots on a drowning man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gori-suture/sometimes-nathaniel-friends-can-be-like-nice-boots-on-a-drowning-man/)

[Gori Suture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gori-suture/)

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> [“There is a major difference between a scuba diver and a drowning man. One is in control of his experiences, the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laren-grey-umphlett/there-is-a-major-difference-between-a-scuba-diver-and-a-drowning-man/)

[Laren Grey Umphlett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laren-grey-umphlett/)

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> [No drowning man can know which drop of water his last breath did stop;...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/no-drowning-man-can-know-which-drop-of-water-his-last-breath-did-stop/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Do not be angry with the audacity of a desperate and drowning man for making a last effort to save himself from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoyevsky/do-not-be-angry-with-the-audacity-of-a-desperate-and-drowning-man-for/)

[Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoyevsky/)

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