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

- Arthur Baer

Man, I was drowning in sadness. And Angelina, she lifted me right up out of there.

- Billy Bob Thornton

I'm a bit of a Luddite, really: I don't use email much, as I started drowning in it. So I said 'screw this' and dumped my laptop, though I've begun to re-engage with it.

- Charles Hazlewood

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

We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge.

- John Naisbitt

Today, human civilization is drowning in a sea of lies.

- L. Neil Smith

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

- Simon Cowell

I can't swim and I'm terrified of drowning, but I still love being by water - just not in it.

- Sherri Shepherd

I once saved someone from drowning.

- Simon Van Booy

Oil is drowning our oceans and drowning our boreal forests.

- Winona LaDuke

I'm drowning in papers.

- Wislawa Szymborska