Drown Quotes

519 Drown quotes by 404 unique authors

A sympathetic person is placed in the dilemma of a swimmer among drowning men, who all catch at him, and if he gives so much… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To run away from danger, instead of facing it, is to deny one's faith in man and God, even one's own self. It were better… — Mahatma Gandhi
Children drown, beautiful women are mangled in automobile accidents, cruise ships founder, and men die lingering deaths in mines and submarines, but you will find… — John Cheever
The fly that prefers sweetness to a long life may drown in honey. — George Santayana
Only those sadnesses are dangerous and bad which one carries about among people in order to drown them out. — Rainer Maria Rilke
The devil lives in a double-shot", Roman explains himself obscurely. "I got a great worm inside. Gnaws and gnaws. Every day I drown him and… — Nelson Algren
If I cried me a river of all my confessions, would I drown in my shallow regret? — Sarah McLachlan
Inside your own self pity there you swim, in sinking down to drown her voice still haunts you, and only with your laughter can you… — Joni Mitchell
Rupert Grayson manifested a talent for survival: it was said of him that even if - unlikely contingency - he had tried to drown himself… — Hugh Massingberd
We drown our doubts in dry champagne and soothe our souls with fine cocaine. I don't know why I even care, we get so high… — Billy Joel
Ye lover of the picturesque, if ye wish to drown your grief, take my advice and visit the ancient town of Crieff. — William Topaz McGonagall
If you're a short-seller, that's a cacophony of negative reinforcement. You're basically told that you're wrong in every way imaginable every day. It takes a… — James Chanos
Man hurts man, time and time again. As we drown in the wake of our power, somebody tell me why? — Amy Grant
One metric catches people. We prefer businesses that drown in cash. An example of a different business is construction equipment. You work hard all year… — Charlie Munger
Perfume: any smell that is used to drown a worse one. — Elbert Hubbard
Mighty to inspire new hopes, and able to drown the bitterness of cares. — Horace
And the more pity that great folk should have count'nance in this world to drown or hang themselves more than their even-Christen. — William Shakespeare
He is a Patron who looks down, / With careless eyes on men who drown; / But if they chance to reach the land, /… — Henry Austin Dobson
If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation. — Philip Massinger
Once you get into this great stream of history you can't get out. You can drown. Or you can be pulled ashore by the tide.… — Richard M. Nixon
Boredom is the thing that regularly arrives between excitements and episodes of meaning: it is as natural as the tides, and in it an artist… — Eric Maisel
Don’t let the voice of other people’s opinion drown your inner voice. — Steve Jobs
I need someone who is willing to watch me brave the ocean and then dare me not to drown. — Colleen Hoover
Were the life of man prolonged, he would become such a proficient in villainy, that it would become necessary again to drown or to burn… — Charles Caleb Colton
On this hapless earth There 's small sincerity of mirth, And laughter oft is but an art To drown the outcry of the heart. — Hartley Coleridge

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