Quotes about Drain

Hold us accountable. There's no accountability in Washington. Drain the swamp. Votes: 3

Christ, seven years of college, down the drain. Votes: 2

Real family values have gone down the drain in modern families. Votes: 2

Being fashionable does not mean you have to drain your bank account. Votes: 2

Compassion automatically invites you to relate with people because you no longer regard people as a drain on your energy. Votes: 2

People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be the best state in the union to live in. Votes: 2

You can drain the life and nuances and complexity out of things by homogenizing them to make everything harmoniously dull, flat, conflict-free, strife-free. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

We're throwing money down a rat hole drain of public education! We lead the world in public education spending. We lead the world in getting the least for it. Votes: 2

The 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. Votes: 2

In 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. Votes: 2

Fear, 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. Votes: 2

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

It's a pity that the tennis is really going down the drain. Every year it's getting worse and worse and worse. There has to be a radical change, and I hope it will be really soon. Votes: 2

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.' Votes: 2

Happily, there's a reversal of the brain drain occurring in Ghana now. We're seeing a lot of - actually in Africa - we're seeing a lot of African professionals, you know, returning to the continent to contribute their quota. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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 problems. Votes: 2

The 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. Votes: 2

We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also really important. You can wreck one rainforest then move, drain one area of resources and move onto another, but climate change is global. Votes: 2

It takes a perverse determination to drain that instinctive curiosity away and make history seem just remote, dead and disconnected from our contemporary reality. Conversely, it just takes skilful storytelling to recharge that connection to make the past come alive in our present. Votes: 2

Weapons of mass destruction violate more than individual lives - they cross international borders and jeopardize all people. They also drain resources that could be used instead for medicines, schools and other life-saving supplies. We must come together with even greater determination to prevent a WMD nightmare. Votes: 2

We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this British sensibility than we can drain the English Channel. And because of this sensibility, we come to the European Union with a frame of mind that is more practical than emotional. Votes: 2

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 in Ohio rather than in Pennsylvania or West Virginia or God knows where. Votes: 2

Be a fountain, not a drain. Votes: 0

The bitter dregs of Fortune's cup to drain. Votes: 0

Don't let negative people drain your energy. Focus Votes: 0

Creative words generate energy; negative words drain out energy. Votes: 0

Activity without purpose is the drain of your life Votes: 0

Agendas tend to drain the life out of relationships. Votes: 0

For intellect is a mansion where waste is without drain.... Votes: 0

People inspire you, or they drain you. PICK THEM WISELY. Votes: 0

Each must drain His share of pleasure, share of pain. Votes: 0

People inspire you, or they drain you - pick them wisely. Votes: 0

Avoiding things that drain you is more important than gaining energy. Votes: 0

It is an appalling thing to feel all one possesses drain away. Votes: 0

Concealment makes the soul a swamp. Confession is how you drain it. Votes: 0

Some people in the utility industry have called it 'circling the drain' Votes: 0

Rationality went down the drain donkey's years ago and hasn't been seen since. Votes: 0

Today's today. Tomorrow we may be ourselves gone down the drain of Eternity. Votes: 0

Being out in the heat for two weeks can definitely drain your energy. Votes: 0

It's not sipping wine. It's a mourning wine. You drain it. Like this. Votes: 0

There's that 15 quid we put on One Direction to win down the drain. Votes: 0

We will build a great wall. We are going to drain the swamp. Votes: 0

Any time we have projects that we haven't begun or completed, they drain energy. Votes: 0

All the drain leads to the ocean...So chill out and enjoy the motion! Votes: 0

Studies in Australia have verified this drain on the economy by video gambling machines Votes: 0

Today the cities dominate and drain the villages so that they are crumbling to ruin. Votes: 0

The most wasteful "brain drain" in America today is the drain in the kitchen sink. Votes: 0

The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain. Votes: 0

Anyone we come in contact with, we either offer them life, or we drain them. Votes: 0

I see through your brain like I see through the water that runs down the drain. Votes: 0

Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain. Votes: 0

Mann There are two kinds of people: those who GIVE energy and those who DRAIN energy. Votes: 0

In every encounter we either give life or we drain it; there is no neutral exchange. Votes: 0

Common courtesy dictates that we never drain the lifeblood of anyone to whom we've been formally introduced. Votes: 0

Don't let anyone drain you of your happiness today. Be drama free. Rise above the petty stuff. Votes: 0

The worst thing that can be done to children is to drain their energy while correcting them. Votes: 0

All vital praying makes a drain on a man's vitality. True intercession is a sacrifice, a bleeding sacrifice. Votes: 0

Sex is a pleasurable exercise in plumbing, but be careful or you'll get yeast in your drain tap. Votes: 0

It is silly to drain others; for when you drain others, you also pick up their vibratory force. Votes: 0

You know, a huge drain on California's economy is the illegal immigrants. We need to close the borders. Votes: 0

If Christ were only a cistern we might soon exhaust his fullness but who can drain a fountain? Votes: 0

Every empire has to get sucked down the drain. As a British person, I know how it feels. Votes: 0

I got enemies, I got a lotta enemies. Got a lotta people tryna drain me of my energy. Votes: 0

You'll drain me dry, but not my neck, and you'll beg me to stop before I'm finished." -Bones Votes: 0

Sex does drain a certain amount of your occult energy. But that really has nothing to do with enlightenment. Votes: 0

My personal life absolutely goes down the drain when I start working; that's something that I'm incapable of doing. Votes: 0

It's hard, when you're up to your armpits in alligators, to remember you came here to drain the swamp. Votes: 0

If liberals want to send tens of millions of dollars down the drain, I have no problem with that. Votes: 0

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. Votes: 0

People who drain others have a certain world they want to get to when they die, and you're their ticket! Votes: 0

Within neoliberal narratives, youth are mostly defined as a consumer market, a drain on the economy, or stand for trouble. Votes: 0

The rinsed foam swirled into one drain that always clogged come October when the maples dropped Canadian propaganda over everything. Votes: 0

Do not breathing in the chronological, do not dream of the later, drain the intellect on the bring about twinkling. Votes: 0

I find greater companionship in inert figures, animals & speechless artifacts, for I can enjoy their presence & there is no psychic drain Votes: 0

Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors. Votes: 0

People you are emotionally open to can drain your power level or raise it tremendously, depending on what their intentions are. Votes: 0

I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free. Votes: 0

Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it. Votes: 0

Iron helmets will not save/Even heroes from the grave/Good man's blood will drain away/While the wickid win the day. Votes: 0

I must ask the Lord to direct the Holy Spirit within me to drain the life out of sin and in prayer. Votes: 0

Strip the hills, drain the boglands, and you create flood conditions inevitably. Yet that is what we have been doing for years. Votes: 0

A special ability means a heavy expenditure of energy in a particular direction, with a consequent drain from some other side of life. Votes: 0

Real rebels are rarely anything but second rate outside their rebellion; the drain of time and temper is ruinous to any other accomplishment. Votes: 0

You need to shelter yourself from the abrasive forces of life that drain you and keep you in a lower state of mind. Votes: 0

O bees, sweet bees!" I said; "that nearest field Is shining white with fragrant immortelles Fly swiftly there and drain those honey wells. Votes: 0

We will drain the swamp in Washington, D.C., and replace it with a new government, of, and by, and for the people. Votes: 0

Not only are the studies themselves often lacking even face value, but they also drain badly needed funds away from patient care needs. Votes: 0

Hearts got broken every day. Nobody died from that. But it did kind of fade the sunlight and drain the color from the days. Votes: 0

Writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply it, too. Votes: 0

My heart stopped twice. They had to stab me to drain the blood from my lungs because I was drowning in my own blood. Votes: 0

Our purpose in this life is to gain the view of ourselves; otherwise, we are total slaves to others who psychically drain us, abuse us. Votes: 0

There are certain areas that you can move to on the earth that will empower you and there are certain areas that can drain you. Votes: 0

Day and night my thoughts incline To the blandishments of wine, Jars were made to drain, I think; Wine, I know, was made to drink. Votes: 0

I've got life for a subject because as life starts to drain away, you start seeing very clearly what life is, for the first time. Votes: 0

Fear can be used to get into your attention. Any way a person can get you to think of them, allows them to drain you. Votes: 0

Psychic development makes you strong. It develops a common sense attitude in which you don't expose yourself to forces, people and situations that would drain you. Votes: 0

Don't let negative people drain your energy. Focus on your positive energy and kill them with kindness. Energy vampires are no match for your positive energy. Votes: 0

So are all the kids on the East Coast repeating school next year? Get ready to see a lot of hairy eighth graders. Storm brain drain. Votes: 0

If a country can't save itself through the volunteer service of its own free people, then I say : Let the damned thing go down the drain! Votes: 0

People project a grey energy that is very destructive to weaken you, to drain you - just as the snake uses position to capture its victim. Votes: 0

Divorce is the biggest drain, outside of school fees, and nobody wins. People think it is always in the woman's favour, but it is not necessarily. Votes: 0

Dispel, v. It was the way you said, “I have something to tell you.” I could feel the magic drain from the room. Votes: 0

I believe in black holes. I believe that as the universe empties into nothingness, past and future will smack together in the last swirl around the drain. Votes: 0

The market is ridiculously overcrowded with early stage investors. This results in a talent drain, where the best talent gets diffused and work for their own startups. Votes: 0

If the chi is being wasted by useless activities, emotions and associations that drain us, then we don't have enough power when it comes time to perform. Votes: 0

If you really want to channel all of your energy towards higher mysticism, you should realize that sex does drain a certain amount of your occult energy. Votes: 0

If the chi is being wasted by useless activities, emotions and associations that drain us, then we don't have enough power when it comes time to perform. Votes: 0

I can fall in and out of love, have marriages that barely last a month. When they go down the drain, I'll blame it on the fame. Votes: 0

If you drain others energy a lot, you don't want to see this because you do it yourself; but remember, it's real easy to manipulate a manipulator. Votes: 0

People are so tired. The world is set up to exhaust you and drain you. That's how humankind has devised their world. Life is not necessarily that way Votes: 0

O how I laugh when I think of my vague indefinite riches. No run on my bank can drain it, for my wealth is not possession but enjoyment. Votes: 0

It disturbed me that the music industry had gone down the drain, even though people were listening to more music than ever and from a greater diversity of artists. Votes: 0

In our culture we are taught to be accessible and open; it signifies a good person. In mysticism it is the opposite, people can scan you and drain you. Votes: 0

What record companies do these days is drain the blood dry of an album, take six singles off it, and harm the longevity of artists' careers by doing it. Votes: 0

By practicing the virtues we cultivate the soil from which healthy emotions sprout; by letting go of our character defects we drain the swamp in which diseased emotions breed. Votes: 0

When the signal is weak, the phone is working more, you drain the battery faster, so only use a phone when the signal is weak in a true emergency. Votes: 0

It's time to end the brain drain and move to brain gain. It's time for a great mind of Nigeria to return home. You're the mind we need, Doctor. Votes: 0

Basically, unless you're willing to write down debts and save the economy, you're going to have deflation and a steady drain in purchasing power - that is, shrinking markets. Votes: 0

After two rounds of chemo, I've started to notice, slowly, but surely, my hair has started to appear more regularly in my shower drain, sink drain, pillowcase and comb. Votes: 0

When you are too specific on a target, it can drain you. Ask me where I will be when I am 60, and I will have no answer to give. Votes: 0

Stop trying to be less of who you are. Let this time in your life cut you open and drain all of the things that are holding you back. Votes: 0

You have been imprinted by people in this world who take power from others. Most people drain each other. Or, what is worse, they are draining you right now, psychically! Votes: 0

the problem with the world, is, far too many people drain their energy into what is wrong with their life; instead of holding gratitude for what's right in their life. Votes: 0

Holding a tear back makes them drain upward, higher and higher, until one day your head just explodes and you're left with a stub of a neck and nothing more. Votes: 0

We all know we're going to die. We're all circling the drain. Some of us are closer than others. I'm 90, I know I'm closer to the drain than most people. Votes: 0

Sir, you have tasted two whole worms; you have hissed all my mystery lectures and been caught fighting a liar in the quad; you will leave by the next town drain. Votes: 0

Jace looked as if she had slapped him. "Why are you determined not to believe us?" "Because she loves you," said Valentine. Clary felt the blood drain out of her face. Votes: 0

Love isn't like a reservoir. You'll never drain it dry. It's much more like a natural spring. The longer and farther it flows, the stronger and deeper and clearer it becomes. Votes: 0

Why should [Uncle Sam] send 20 billion dollars down there [South America], which is going to go down the drain every time you have a racial in - incident in this country? Votes: 0

Russia's most precious resource is the brain power of this country. And you've got a lot of it. It's gonna take a lot of brains in Russia to create a drain. Votes: 0

The civilization you sit in ... is now obvious in crisis, perhaps death pangs, twisting grotesquely like a dying animal, swirling down the garbage drain-this civilization was founded on God's road map. Votes: 0

Some families sell their stocks off a little bit at a time to live high, and then - boom - somebody takes them over, and it all goes down the drain. Votes: 0

Obesity is a drain on the economy - we have to pay for the health care of fat people who are usually poor and can't afford insurance. Obesity is, well, bad. Votes: 0

The only people who can really drain your power effectively are people you are very close to, you are open to, you love, or people you are afraid of, you fear. Votes: 0

It is a dangerous assumption to say that people who drain energy "don't know what they are doing." People are sophisticated aware beings. Don't sit around and equivocate; they'll drain you more. Votes: 0

My tears simply broke through the fragile wallthat had held them, and with a terrible feeling of shame, I laid my head upon the table and let them drain out of me. Votes: 0

Nancy Pelosi said that when it comes to cleaning up government, the Democrats have drained the swamp. The only problem with that is what's left after you drain the swamp: snakes everywhere. Votes: 0

Nothing 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. Votes: 0

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today. Votes: 0

Great fear, 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. Votes: 0

Why do people want to drain your energy? So they can journey to other worlds after death, where pleasures are a thousandfold. It is a fast game. Human beings are powerful and skillful. Votes: 0

Love can be used to drain people. Through eye contact people send a cord out to drain you long distance. Through sexual manipulation, anyone who can make you like them can drain you. Votes: 0

If you are a successful person and you let a lot of people in and around your life, they can drain your power. It won't go to them, but it will leave you. Votes: 0

It is the fate of every great achievement to be pounced upon by pedants and imitators who drain it of life and turn it into an orthodoxy which stifles all stirrings of originality. Votes: 0

It is from the midst of this putrid sewer that the greatest river of human industry springs up and carries fertility to the whole world. From this foul drain pure gold flows forth. Votes: 0

Vel once told me that the heart isn't like a cup of water. You can't drain it. It's more like an endless well, and the more you love, the more it pumps out. Votes: 0

A rule of thumb for a warrior is that he makes his decisions so carefully that nothing that may happen as a result of them can surprise him, much less drain his power. Votes: 0

One of the very best ways to keep in touch with your own ups and downs is to keep track of what activities energize you and which drain you - on a regular basis. Votes: 0

If you believe that the world is going to come to an end - and perhaps any day now - does it not drain one's motivation to improve life on earth while we're here? Votes: 0

God's mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water, or deprive the sun of its light, or make space too narrow, than diminish the great mercy of God. Votes: 0

Start to give more thought to the world around you. Stop exposing yourself to situations that drain your energy. You will discover through a trial and error process that you will have more energy. Votes: 0

Start to give more thought to the world around you. Stop exposing yourself to situations that drain your energy. You will discover through a trial and error process that you will have more energy. Votes: 0

I don't like to sing things that just sound like they're going straight down the tubes, and they're circling the drain, and there's no hope. It doesn't feel good in any way to sing. Votes: 0

If we don't find a way to keep women in the workforce, keep them productive, keep them happy, we are literally just throwing our investment down the drain, and we can't afford to do that. Votes: 0

Too often, our minds are locked on one track. We are looking for red - so we overlook blue. Many Nobel Prizes have been washed down the drain because someone did not expect the unexpected. Votes: 0

Some people are like psychic sponges, they drain power form others constantly. They lower your awareness because they are at a lower level. If you spend too much time with them, you get pulled down. Votes: 0