Drowning Quotes

346 quotes by 298 authors

We live in the age of Noah (a.s.) in the sense that a flood of distraction accosts us. It is a slow and subtle drowning.… — Hamza Yusuf
Today, human civilization is drowning in a sea of lies. — L. Neil Smith
I find above all that the expression, atonal music, is most unfortunate â€” it is on a par with calling flying the art of not… — Arnold Schoenberg
Let us not tire of preaching love; it is the force that will overcome the world. Let us not tire of preaching love. Though we… — Oscar Romero
I was brought up to believe that a person must be rescued when drowning, regardless of religion and nationality. The term â€˜heroâ€™ irritates me greatly… — Irena Sendler
I was taught that if you see a person drowning, you must jump into the water to save them, whether you can swim or not. — Irena Sendler
I turned on the pillow with a little moan, and at this juncture Jeeves entered with the vital oolong. I clutched at it like a… — P.G. Wodehouse
I sat in the gradually chilling room, thinking of my whole past the way a drowning man is supposed to, and it seemed part of… — M.F.K. Fisher
God just doesn't throw a life preserver to a drowning person. He goes to the bottom of the sea, and pulls a corpse from the… — R C Sproul
Being called Black in America is the struggle to keep us moving and breathing over bloody water. Being a Nig**r or [Ni**a] without the context… — Chuck D
I'm not responsible for my photographs. Photography is not documentary, but intuition, a poetic experience. It's drowning yourself, dissolving yourself, and then sniff, sniff, sniff… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
The lust of the eye. The best photographs were, to me, like an experience of drowning. — Paul Theroux
If my competitor were drowning I'd stick a hose in his mouth and turn on the water. — Ray Kroc
Here then is the truth about the Truth; the Truth is not bridge, sturdy to every step, a marvel of bound planks and supports from… — Julian Assange
There are worse situations than drowning in cash and sitting, sitting, sitting. I remember when I wasnâ€™t awash in cash â€” and I donâ€™t want… — Charlie Munger
Knowledge is theory. We should be thankful if action of management is based on theory. Knowledge has temporal spread. Information is not knowledge. The world… — W. Edwards Deming
Information is now a commodity that can be bought and sold, or used as a form of entertainment, or worn like a garment to enhance… — Neil Postman
If it was true that lower taxes for the rich and more wealth to the wealthy leat to job creation, today we would be drowning… — Nick Hanauer
It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope. — Arthur Baer
Kafka didn't save me. He just told me I was drowning. — Mark Slouka

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