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If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.

Yiddish proverb

Let the coming hour overflow with joy, and let pleasure drown the brim.

William Shakespeare

My biggest regret in life is saving David Frost from drowning.

Peter Cook

We're not calling this a drowning. The investigation will continue and we're awaiting autopsy results to determine how the child died.

Sgt. Steve Maynard

Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.

Edna Ferber

But, how little or how much of a good thing does it take to be bad? For example, water is good to drink. But drink too much of it and you drown!

Jerome Hines

People try to fight them and end up drowning.

Tom Griffiths

Be as rowdy as possible. We have to be loud to drown them out.

Sarah Anderson

When people are drowning, you can't just look the other way.

Dennis Mills

History is literally drowning.

Chris Lee

They float upon the surface of the darkness in which I'm drowning.

Anne Rice

We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.

John Naisbitt

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, Jr.

Listen. If we can't break the ice, how 'bout we drown it?

Paul Bettany

Maxed out. We're drowning, and we need some relief.

Roy Knight

You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float.

John Barrymore

It was as helpful as throwing a drowning man both ends of the rope.

Arthur Baer

It doesn't take much to fall off a boat and drown.

Daily Express

We think the overriding cause of her death was something other than drowning.

Alison Swank

I was much further out than you thought, and not waving but drowning.

Margaret Smith

Saving Fish From Drowning.

Amy Tan

I used to go drink to drown my sorrows and I used to go drink to celebrate. It's not really a way to be a big league player.

Rich Gedman