Definition of Drowning

Drowning Quotations

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.
John Lennon

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, but you know he will strangle you with his panic.
Anais Nin

We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.
E. O. Wilson

I'm drowning in papers.
Wislawa Szymborska

When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil.
James Carville

If your lifeguard duties were as good as your singing, a lot of people would be drowning.
Simon Cowell

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

When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me.
Brian Eno

We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.
John Naisbitt

Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not open.
Tahar Ben Jelloun