Drain Quotes
What gets lost when things run dry.
These quotes describe loss in several forms, whether family values eroding in modern life or young talent leaving a region for better opportunity elsewhere. Pair them with Down quotes for related themes of decline.
I don't think that the war serves U.S. interests. I think Osama bin Laden's interests and the Iranian interests are very much served by it, and it's becoming a huge drain on our resources both material and political.
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I want to talk about jobs and health care and pension security and what we're going to do to stop the brain drain in Ohio and make it possible for our young people to stay here and build a life...
Years ago, we all talked about recycling and not dumping things down your drain and all of that, but talking doesn't help much. Basically, it's going to have to be legislation because the impact is so huge and diversified.
Change Quotes
Oil wells never really run dry. A big company will drain maybe 40% of a field. Pulling out the rest of the oil, which requires an outlay of incrementally more cash per barrel, often proves uneconomical for big companies with...
If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby 'it.'
I got my heel stuck in a drain as I was crossing the street and cars were coming. It was really scary. A girl in heels in New York is a hard combination.
I never understood that if you sweat as much as I used to every night, you drain your body of salts. So I got very, very, seriously ill. I got to the stage where I was almost hospitalized with serious...
Recording is just a lengthy process, so to have to record before every professional video, that's where a real time drain comes in.
Down Quotes
In many ways, our homes act as one big drain that, through our daily relationship with water, carries many toxic substances into our waterways and the environment.
I think the U.S. Open just doesn't suit my personality. I'm more of a calm person. There, it's noisy all day, cars are everywhere, and it takes so long to get to the site. I know that those things shouldn't...
Serious and intense people, they drain you. But someone who's an idiot, like myself, they're fun. You either hate me or you love me.
Trump is going to drain the swamp; he's going to get back control of America's borders, and if the establishment try and stand in his way, they'll go the way of the Clintons and the Bushes. Stumped.
I think we were damned lucky that our music never went down the drain because we went down the drain, and I think, in truth, there are moments where you could have said we got pretty close, you know.
Energy Quotes
We must continue to educate the masses and encourage savings in Bitcoin to truly drain the kleptocratic swamp ruling our financial system.
Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.
People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in.
The trouble with conservatives is that too many of them come to Washington thinking they are going to drain the swamp, only to discover that Washington is a hot tub.
Corrupt bureaucrats and cops ought to dismissed or compulsorily retired from service, as they are a drain on the service. Their performance must be vigorously assessed.
God Quotes
True urgent leadership doesn't drain people. It does the opposite. It energizes them. It makes them feel excited.
