Clutch Quote by Thomas More Download Open image “A drowning man will clutch at a straw.” — Thomas More ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Clutch Drowning Hope Men Straws
A drowning man cannot be saved until he is utterly exhausted and ceases to make the slightest effort to save himself. — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
A sympathetic person is placed in the dilemma of a swimmer among drowning men, who all catch at him, and if he gives so… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No drowning man can know which drop of water his last breath did stop;... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One never dives into the water to save a drowning man more eagerly than when there are others present who dare not take the… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
When a man is drowning, it may be better for him to try to swim than to thrash around waiting for divine intervention. — William Sloane Coffin Copy Share Image
When someone is drowning and you try to save them, they're more likely to drown you before you pull them out. — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
We drift down time, clutching at straws. But what good's a brick to a drowning man? — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, for he will be going out on a day when he… — John Millington Synge Copy Share Image
We cling to words like drowning men to straws. But still we drown, we drown. — Anna Kamienska Copy Share Image
“There is a major difference between a scuba diver and a drowning man. One is in control of his experiences, the other is in… — Laren Grey Umphlett Copy Share Image
“But what they find most amazing and despicable is the insanity of those who all but worship the rich, to whom they owe nothing… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
"Tell me, what's Love?" said Youth, one day, To drooping Age, who crost his way, "It is a sunny hour of play, For which… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
“Why do you suppose they made you king in the first place?' I ask him. 'Not for your benefit, but for theirs. They meant… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
“This lively health, when entirely free from all mixture of pain, of itself gives an inward pleasure, independent of all external objects of delight;… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
Nobody sees a flower really,it is so small. We haven't time,and to see takes time- like to have a friend takes time. One of… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
“(...) personal prejudice and financial greed are the two great evils that threaten courts of law, and once they get the upper hand they… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
Pride thinks it's own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others. — Thomas More Copy Share Image
In the first place, most princes apply themselves to the arts of war, in which I have neither ability nor interest, instead of to… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
No living creature is naturally greedy, except from fear of want - or in the case of human beings, from vanity, the notion that… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others. — Thomas More Copy Share Image
“The leaving him thus did not a little gratify one that was more fond of travelling than of returning home to be buried in… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
The Louvre! The Louvre has me in its clutches. Every time I'm there rich blessings rain down upon me. I am coming to understand… — Paula Modersohn-Becker Copy Share Image
...the world has become a photographable present, and the photographed present has been entirely eternalized. Seemingly ripped from the clutch of death, in reality… — Siegfried Kracauer Copy Share Image
Being aware of the bondage is enough to free you from its clutches. — Mata Amritanandamayi Copy Share Image
In New York’s Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers. — Alfred Eisenstaedt Copy Share Image
He's the greatest clutch player I've ever seen. The hell with Jerry West! — Pat Riley Copy Share Image
Go out of the house to see the moon, and 't is mere tinsel; it will not please as when its light shines upon… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When I finally gathered, invented, stole, simplified, borrowed, and found a publisher for a clutch of reasonably foolproof recipes, I learned I had friends… — Peg Bracken Copy Share Image
The fear of burglars is not only the fear of being robbed, but also the fear of a sudden and unexpected clutch out of… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
Are you a thinker, a doer, or a clutch player? The better you are, the greater potential for influence you will have with your… — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I am whatever you make me, nothing more. I am your belief in yourself, your dream of what a people may become.... I am… — Franklin Knight Lane Copy Share Image
As for a signature accessory, I believe in something totally unique that I love and is very personal. It could be a fab pair… — Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Copy Share Image
Boys are just boys after all, but sometimes girls really seem to be the turn of a pale wrist, or the sudden jut of… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
