24 Movie Quotes about Drowning (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Apr 23, 2026

Memorable quotes about drowning, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 I almost drowned in chocolate milk-mix!

Jack McBrayer as Fix It Felix Jr. in Wreck-It Ralph

2 Quasimodo, can't you understand? When your heartless mother abandoned you as a child, anyone else would have drowned you.

Quote from The Hunchback of Notre Dame

3 Why will he risk drowning?

David Ogden Stiers as Dr. Jumba Jookiba; Jumba Jookiba in Lilo & Stitch (2002)

4 Do like she says or no life vest is gonna keep you from drowning because I'm gonna hold your head under till you stop wigglin'!

Quote from The High and the Mighty (1954)

5 They were just having a little fun, weren't you, girls? -That's all. -We were only trying to drown her. -Ya see?

Bobby Driscoll as Peter Pan in Peter Pan (1953)

6 You're jokin', you're jokin'. I can't believe my ears. Would someone shut this fella up? I'm drownin' in my tears.

Quote from The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

7 The well is very deep. Surrender now, or your boy will drown.

Quote from Shogun Assassin (1980)

8 The only way I can frighten myself is to make it real. Jump out of a window, get run over by a car, go out and drown.

Vincent Price as Dr. Warren Chapin in The Tingler (1959)

9 Then why should I show any compassion? Let her drown! And her child with her!

Hera in Clash of the Titans (1981)

10 Is it true you rescued a human from drowning? -Daddy, I had to...

Quote from The Little Mermaid (1989)