"I broke my back. I fell out of a window... some friends had a roof terrace on the landing before their apartment, and I fell off the drain pipe. It gave way, actually, and I fell three floors. I was told I might not walk again. So, for about four days,I was contemplating that as a serious part of reality. Then they operated, and I walked out of the hospital in about twelve days."
- Orlando BloomThe Cold War has been the most irritating thing to me personally. Throughout my life we`ve been in the grip of militarism and military budgets and a mindset that dictates a war on Communism, and that`s a drain on the national energy. The real enemy is nationalism and patriotism.
- Oliver StoneChrist, seven years of college, down the drain.
- John BelushiPeople drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.
- Margaret Cho(On Orson Welles) I`ve never liked Welles as an actor, because he`s not really an actor. In Hollywood you have two categories, you talk about actors and personalities. Welles was an enormous personality, but when he plays Othello, everything goes down the drain, you see, that`s when he croaks. In my eyes he`s an infinitely overrated filmmaker.
- Ingmar BergmanThe ruling class is smarter than you, and they`re more creative. And if you forget that lesson, you go down the drain. Because if they weren`t, they wouldn`t be around as long as they have been and as strong as they have been.
- Al LewisFear, conformity, immorality: these are heavy burdens. They drain us of creative energy. And when we are drained of creative energy, we do not create. We procreate, but we do not create.
- David McCallumThe culture of independent film criticism has totally gone down the drain and this seems to come with the territory of the consumer age that we are now living in.
- Wim WendersWe are sucking out all the debris so in the next rain they can drain.
- Doug JonesWe are tied with Detroit for the biggest population drain.
- Justin JeffreIt`s a talent drain,
- Bill MillerThe need for urgency in resolving this issue should be apparent, ... A number of neighbors have septic systems that are constantly malfunctioning due to heavy rains, roots systems and deteriorating drain fields.
- Robert MullerNothing about it interested me. Or about anything else, except making up stories. If literacy weren`t so nearly universal, God knows what I`d be. A drain on the State, I shouldn`t wonder.
- Donald E. WestlakeIt became a very big drain emotionally and financially, ... Worrying to death every time the phone rang, fearing somebody had been shot, poisoned or beat up, you get to the point in your life when you think, `I can`t do this anymore.`
- Anthony WilsonNo arms, no legs, no gallbladder. Just a little drain damage.
- Jeff LewisAs we face coming challenges like possible base closures and unfunded federal mandates that drain our budget and loss of vital services, we must assure our quality of life in Maine remains high, ... While many in Maine pay a high percentage of their income in taxes, others are not paying their fair share. That has to change.
- Deborah HuttonBe a fountain, not a drain.
- Adnan KassarIn reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.
- Al HartkopfIf liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that.
- Amy ColemanBernie: I`m sorry I am so late. Bollocksed up at work again, I fear. Millions down the drain.
- Andy NotaIt is a drain,
- Antoinette Brown BlackwellThe longer you ignore these issues the greater the drain on your energy levels. Identify them and take action now.
- Antonio ParraThere`s a whirlpool developing with a drain down at the bottom, and no one is sure where it goes. It just seems to be swirling faster and faster, and everyone touching this thing is afraid they`re going to be sucked in.
- Armando CoboWe came within four minutes of winning it and then it was a whole year`s work down the drain. It didn`t half hurt for a while but we`ve shown resolve this season and, hopefully, we can see it through.
- Augie GhioI didn`t voluntarily drain the lake.
- Avner ShalevOn one side, they put a storm drain box that runs through the back to Reed Canal. Why did I end up with a retention pond?
- Barbara RichardsonI can`t do anything about the water at the No. 3 tee, ... It`s because the water level at the creek is higher than the groundwater and you can`t drain wetlands.
- Barry BurnsFilled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chambers of my brain -- Quaintest thoughts -- queerest fancies Come to life and fade away; Who cares how time advances? I am drinking ale today.
- Edgar Allan PoeReal rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment.
- James Gould Cozzens