“In my dream, I was drowning my sorrows
But my sorrows they learned to swim”
Bono (1960) Irish rock musician, singer of U2
“I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim, and now I am overwhelmed by this decent and good feeling.”
Variant: I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows. But now the damned things have learned to swim, and now decency and good behavior weary me.
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“I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.”
Frida Kahlo (1907–1954) Mexican painter
Quote in a letter to Ella Wolfe, "Wednesday 13," 1938, as cited in Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera (1983) ISBN 0-06-091127-1 , p. 197. In a footnote (p.467), Herrera writes that Kahlo had heard this joke from her friend, the poet José Frías.
1925 - 1945
Variant: I tried to drown my sorrows but the bastards learned how to swim.
“He tried to drown his troubles but they knew how to swim.”
Rita Mae Brown (1944) Novelist, poet, screenwriter, activist
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Slays
Steven Gerrard (1980) English footballer
Jose Mourinho on Steven Gerrard, (8th May 2015) http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/jose-mourinho-on-steven-gerrard-i-tried-to-sign-him-three-times-he-is-one-of-my-favourite-enemies-10236838.html
Fiona Apple (1977) singer-songwriter, musician
ELLE, "Fiona Apple is NOT the next Alanis, thank you" October [1996]
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796–1875) French landscape painter and printmaker in etching
Quote in Corot's letter to Jean-Gabriel Scheffer, 27 Dec. 1845; as quoted in Corot, Gary Tinterow, Michael Pantazzi, Vincent Pomarède - Galeries nationales du Grand Palais (France), National Gallery of Canada, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 1996, p. 142
this is one of the very few negative expressions by Corot; he is then 49.
1820 - 1850
Aaliyah (1979–2001) American singer, actress and model
Interview in Die Zeit newspaper (2001) http://www.eonline.com/news/42093/aaliyah-funeral-set-pilot-probed