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Fishing
May the holes in your net be
no larger than the fish in it.
Irish Blessing
A fishing pole is a stick
with a hook at one end
and a fool on the other
Samuel Johnson
Fishing provides that connection with
the whole living world. It gives you
the opportunity of being totally immersed,
turning back into yourself in a good way.
A form of meditation, some form of
communion with levels of yourself that
are deeper than the ordinary self.
Ted Hughes
I still don't know why I fish or
why other men fish, except we
like it and it makes us think
and feel.
Roderick L. Haig-Brown
There is certainly something in
angling that tends to produce
a serenity of the mind.
Washington Irving
It is to be observed that 'angling'
is the name given to fishing
by people who can't fish.
Stephen B. Leacock
Fishing tournaments seem
a little like playing tennis
with living balls...
Jim Harrison
Somebody just back of you while
you are fishing is as bad as someone
looking over your shoulder while
you write a letter to your girl.
Ernest Hemingway
Game fish are to valuable
to be caught only once
Lee Wulff
Fishing's relaxing, man. Most relaxing
thing in my life. It's therapy for me. I
don't think about business... sports. All I
think about is catching the next fish.
Deion Sanders
Some go to church and think
about fishing, others go fishing
and think about God.
Tony Blake
The biggest fish he ever caught
were those that got away.
Eugene Field
If people concentrated on the
really important things of life, there'd
be a shortage of fishing poles.
Doug Larson.
The fishing was good; it was
the catching that was bad.
A.K. Best
Angling may be said to be so
like the mathematics that it
can never be fully learnt.
Izaak Walton.
If fishing is interfering
with your business, give
up your business.
Sparse Grey Hackle
(Alfred W. Miller)
Many men go fishing all of their
lives without knowing that it
is not fish they are after.
Henry David Thoreau
Fly-fishing is the most fun you
can have standing up.
Arnold Gingrich
All Americans believe that they
are born fishermen. For a man to
admit a distaste for fishing would be
like denouncing mother-love
or hating moonlight.
John Steinbeck
There's a fine line between
fishing and just standing
on the shore like an idiot.
Steven Wright
Calling fishing a hobby is like
calling brain surgery a job.
Paul Schullery
If people concentrated on the
really important things in life, there'd
be a shortage of fishing poles.
Doug Larson
Fishing, with me, has always
been an excuse to
drink in the daytime
Jimmy Cannon
Three-fourths of the Earth's surface
is water, and one-fourth is land. It is
quite clear that the good Lord
intended us to spend triple the amount
of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.
Chuck Clark
Fishing is boring, unless
you catch an actual fish,
and then it is disgusting.
Dave Barry
