Drowning Quotes

346 quotes by 289 authors

At the moment developing a nice little inoffensive cancer somewhere on dry land seemed infinitely preferable to what she was grimly convinced was soon to… — Dana Stabenow
I'm drowning my brother drowning. — Eva Paterson
We are drowning in a sea of Myspace, blather, and too much information. Music is everywhere and nowhere. The independent record store is the solution,… — Dean Wareham
Did it ever strike you on such a morning as this that drowning would be happiness and peace? — Charles Dickens
When a dog is drowning, everyone offers him a drink. — George Herbert
SakeThe jewel which brightly shines at nightIs precious, but cannot measure up To the delights of drinking sake,Drowning one's troubles in the cup. Otomo no… — Reiko Chiba
Man, I was drowning in sadness. And Angelina, she lifted me right up out of there. — Billy Bob Thornton
In this century the writer has carried on a conversation with madness. We might almost say of the twentieth-century writer that he aspires to madness.… — Don DeLillo
Anxiety is love's greatest killer, because it is like the stranglehold of the drowning. — Anais Nin
Imagine you're drowning, and someone hands you a baby. — Jim Gaffigan
I can't swim but if my girlfriend was drowning, I'd still dive in to save her. — Zayn Malik
You can die from someone else's misery â€” emotional states are as infectious as diseases. You may feel you are helping the drowning man but… — Robert Greene
In our modern world today, we may seem like drowning men because of the loss of much of our spiritual tradition. — Thomas Yellowtail
Each person bears a fear which is special to him. One man fears a close space and another man fears drowning; each laughs at the… — Michael Crichton
There is nothing more painful than the untimely death of someone young and dear to the heart. The harrowing grief surges from a bottomless well… — Jocelyn Murray
A little criticism makes me angry, and a little rejection makes me depressed. A little praise raises my spirits, and a little success excites me.… — Henri Nouwen
One never dives into the water to save a drowning man more eagerly than when there are others present who dare not take the risk. — Friedrich Nietzsche
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
The neurotic is always half-drowning in anxiety, and always being half-rescued. — Mignon McLaughlin
The burning conviction that we have a holy duty toward others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft. — Eric Hoffer

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