Fishing Quotes - Page 31

• If our father had had his way, nobody who did not know how to fish would be allowed to disgrace a fish by catching him.

  Norman Maclean

  Father, Lakes, Sea

  Norman Maclean, Barry Moser (1989). “A River Runs Through It”, p.3, University of Chicago Press

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• If pinpointing God's presence were really that simple, then he supposed the beaches would be more crowded in the mornings. They would be filled with people on their own quests, instead of people jogging or walking their dogs or fishing in the surf.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Dog, Beach, Morning

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• When I was a small boy in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing. I told him I wanted to be a real Major League baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Baseball, Real, Player

  "Baseball's Greatest Quotes". Book by Paul Dickson, 1991.

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• The little fishing boat anchors right off the shore of Gili Meno. There are no docks here on this island. You have to roll up your pants, jump off the boat and wade in through the surf on your own power. There's absolutely no way to do this without getting soaking wet or even banged up on the coral, but it's worth all the trouble because the beach here is so beautiful, so special

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Beautiful, Beach, Islands

  Elizabeth Gilbert (2010). “The Complete Elizabeth Gilbert: Eat, Pray, Love; Committed; The Last American Man; Stern Men & Pilgrims”, p.309, A&C Black

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• Dear Miss Independent, I've decided that of all the women I've ever known, you are the only one I will ever love more than hunting, fishing, football, and power tools. You may not know this, but the other time I asked you to marry me, the night I put the crib together, I meant it. Even though I knew you weren't ready. God, I hope you're ready now. Marry me, Ella. Because no matter where you go or what you do, I'll love you every day for the rest of my life. —Jack

  Lisa Kleypas

  Love, Football, Independent

  Lisa Kleypas (2015). “The Travis Family Series, Books 1-3: Blue-Eyed Devil, Smooth Taking Stranger and Sugar Daddy”, p.352, St. Martin's Press

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• "I guess I'm okay with that. But it's not going to be easy for you. They don't have a lot of fishing or mudding around here." "I figured." "And not a lot of beach volleyball, either. Especially in January." "I guess I'll have to make some sacrifices." "Maybe if you're lucky, we can find you some other ways to occupy your time."

  Nicholas Sparks

  Volleyball, Beach, Sacrifice

  "The Last Song". Book by Nicholas Sparks, September 1, 2009.

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• We as songwriters are in the same position as a professional fisherman. Our fishing grounds are kind of fished out.

  Jimmy Webb

  Kind, Fisherman, Position

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• Loads of overtaking is boring. You go fishing and you catch a fish every ten minutes and it's boring. But if you site there all day, and you catch one mega fish, you come back with stories that you caught a fish this big (indicates a big fish), intead of this size (indicating a small fish)

  Eddie Irvine

  Big Fish, Stories, Size

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• Do one thing every day that scares you... Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own... Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

  Mary Schmich

  Thinking, Past, People

  "The greatest commencement speech ever" by Valerie Strauss, www.washingtonpost.com. May 17, 2014.

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• In cross examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch.

  Louis Nizer

  Funny, Humorous, Law

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• Sex is the most fun you can have without smiling.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Sex, Fun, Golf

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• Our greatest hope is for the experience of joy, and often we are not as smart as we think we are when it comes to predicting what would bring us that joy. . . Hope that is attached to a particular outcome is looking for pleasure but fishing for pain, because attachment itself is a source of pain. It is best to hope for an experience of life in all its fullness-a life that can embrace both joy and sorrow, and will still be at peace.

  Marianne Williamson

  Hope, Pain, Smart

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• I ain't never had much fun. I ain't never been two inches away from a football. Here guys go fishing on the day of the game, hunting, golfing, and all I want to do is be alone, studying how not to lose.

  Bear Bryant

  Sports, Football, Fun

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• I was 35 years old and in a position to take a shot at whatever I wanted to try. The Air Force said I was too old to fly fighter jets. I thought about becoming a fishing boat captain, before deciding that acting seemed pretty cool.

  Jerry Doyle

  Air, Years, Acting

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• There is time to go long, time to go short and time to go fishing.

  Jesse Lauriston Livermore

  Business, Long, Finance

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• If you tell Congress everything about the world situation, they get hysterical. If you tell them nothing, they go fishing.

  Harry S. Truman

  World, Hysterical, Congress

  Harry S. Truman (1967). “The Quotable Harry S. Truman”, Anderson, S.C. : Droke House, distributed by Grosset & Dunlap

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• Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.

  Izaak Walton

  Lakes, Sea, Rivers

  Izaak Walton, Charles Cotton, Sir John Hawkins (1808). “The complete angler; or, Contemplative man's recreation:: being a discourse on rivers, fish-ponds, fish, and fishing. In two parts:”, p.102

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• We had an electronic head and arm for Threepio, and I manipulated the mechanism with a joystick. But it wasn't working. The propman said, 'Give me fifteen minutes.' We all went to get coffee, and when we came back, Threepio's head turned perfectly and his arm moved naturally. I looked up and realized that the prop man had a fishing pole with a fine nylon string attached to Threepio's arm. He had rigged another string around the head, which Chewbacca was holding. As Chewie moved his hands, Threepio's head turned!

  Irvin Kershner

  Coffee, Men, Hands

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• Indians are born with an instinct for riding, rowing, hunting, fishing, and swimming. Americans are born with an instinct for fooling around with machines.

  William Saroyan

  Swimming, Hunting, Riding

  William Saroyan, William E. Justice (2008). “He flies through the air with the greatest of ease: a William Saroyan reader”, Heyday Books

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• I'm only wishing to go a-fishing;For this the month of May was made.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Wish, May, Months

  Henry Van Dyke (2015). “Little Rivers”, p.8, eKitap Projesi

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• I play guitar quite a bit, because I'm always in search of something. I don't play to jam, but because I'm fishing. I'm looking for something, that I hope you can never find. If I do find it, I'm afraid I won't have a need to do this any more.

  Robbie Robertson

  Guitar, Play, Needs

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• Conducting" is when you draw "designs" in the nowhere-with a stick, or with your hands-which are interpreted as "instructional messages" by guys wearing bow ties who wish they were fishing.

  Frank Zappa

  Music, Hands, Ties

  Frank Zappa, Peter Occhiogrosso (1990). “Real Frank Zappa Book”, p.176, Simon and Schuster

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• Whoever came up with ice fishing must have had the worst marriage on the planet.

  Jeff Cesario

  Ice, Planets, Worst

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• Advice to anglers: don't take advice from people with missing fingers.

  Henry Beard

  People, Missing, Advice

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• Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Nature, School, Eye

  Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1936, Volume 5”, p.258, Best Books on

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