Drowning Man Quotes

28 quotes by 25 authors

Very few persons, comparatively, know how to Desire with sufficient intensity. They do not know what it is to feel and manifest that intense, eager,… — Robert Collier
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
It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope. — Arthur Baer
So often we have a kind of vague, wistful longing that the promises of Jesus should be true. The only way really to enter into… — William Barclay
I love you with the passion of a drowning man for breathing air. I can't just have enough of you and having you a little… — Sandra Thomas
Sometimes I'd see my father, walking past my building on his way to another nowhere. I could have given him a key, offered a piece… — Nick Flynn
My son will forever travel through a moonless night with only the roar of wind for company.... A drowning man is not separated from the… — Michael Dorris
I can't tell if a straw ever saved a drowning man, but I know that a mere glance is enough to make dspair pause. For… — Joseph Conrad
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
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
I never had a lot of drive, but because I had family responsibilities, I had a lot of tenacity - the tenacity of a drowning… — Dick Van Dyke
Anxiety is love's greatest killer. It makes others feel as you might when a drowning man holds on to you. You want to save him,… — Anais Nin
The most notable thing about Time is that it is so purely relative. A large amount of reminiscence is, by common consent, conceded to the… — O. Henry
The time when there is nothing at all in your soul except a cry for help may be just that time when God can't give… — C.S. Lewis
No drowning man can know which drop of water his last breath did stop;... — Nicholas Sparks
Everything is valuable under the right conditions. To a man dying of thirst, water be more precious than gold. To a drowning man, water be… — Terry Goodkind
He kissed me desperately, like a drowning man and I was his oxygen. — Amanda Hocking
â€¦You see, my dear friend, I am made up of contradictions, and I have reached a very mature age without resting upon anything positive, without… — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
We drift down time, clutching at straws. But what good's a brick to a drowning man? — Tom Stoppard

Who Wrote These Drowning Man Quotes

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