Fishing Quotes - Page 5

• Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman's job is simple: Pick out the best parts.

  Charles W. Waterman

  Jobs, Simple, Lakes

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• A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it.

  Arnold Gingrich

  Lakes, Sea, Rivers

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• All I can say to the kids is if you've a problem in fishing or life, if you talk to an older person, you're gonna end up alright, because nine times out of 10, they've been through the same thing.

  Rex Hunt

  Kids, Sea, Rivers

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Most fishermen swiftly learn that it's a pretty good rule never to show a favorite spot to any fisherman you wouldn't trust with your wife.

  John D. Voelker

  Lakes, Sea, Rivers

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• If all politicians fished instead of spoke publicly, we would be at peace with the world.

  Will Rogers

  Would Be, World, Politician

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• Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.

  Norman Maclean

  Running, Time, Rain

  "A River Runs Through It" (1976)

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• When I was younger, my family would go camping and fishing on our ranches. My dad loves being around all kinds of animals. He's the one who got me to be a really big animal lover.

  Paris Hilton

  Family, Dad, Animal

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• The best time to go fishing is when you can get away.

  John D. Voelker

  Get Away, Best Times, Angling

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• Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a philosopher's salary.

  Patrick F. McManus

  Men, Long, Salary

  Patrick F. McManus (1984). “Never Sniff A Gift Fish”, p.20, Macmillan

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• The sea hath fish for every man.

  William Camden

  Men, Rivers, Lakes

  William Camden, John Philipot, Thomas Moule, Mark Antony Lower (1870). “Remains Concerning Britain”, p.334, Ep Publishing Limited

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• When I go fishing I like to know that there's nobody within five miles of me.

  Norman MacCaig

  Miles, Five, Knows

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• It's a little like casting out hundreds of fishing lines into the audience. You start getting little bites, then more, then you hook a few, then more. Then you can start reeling them in and that's a loveliest feeling - the whole audience laughing with you.

  Jim Dale

  Laughing, Feelings, Hook

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Well, I love fishing. I wouldn't kill a fly myself but I've no hesitation in killing a fish. A lot of men are like that. No bother. Out you come. Thump. And that's not the only reason.

  Norman MacCaig

  Men, Literature, Killing

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• From birth to death, anyone can fish. I just think it's fantastic to see old people going fishing with young people and teaching them things. I'm very, very critical.

  Rex Hunt

  Teaching, Thinking, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My friend Ed Begley goes fishing. It's a little smelly to me, I don't like it so much. I like to eat fish, but I don't like to catch them.

  Jeff Goldblum

  Littles, Fishes, My Friends

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• The finest gift you can give to any fisherman is to put a good fish back, and who knows if the fish that you caught isn't someone else's gift to you?

  Lee Wulff

  Kindness, Giving, Big Fish

  Lee Wulff (1989). “The compleat Lee Wulff: a treasury of Lee Wulff's greatest angling adventures”, Dutton Adult

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• The English countryside is the most staggeringly beautiful place. I can't spend as much time there as I like, but I like everything about it. I like fishing, I like clay- pigeon shooting.

  Guy Ritchie

  Beautiful, Clay, Shooting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Game fish are too valuable to be caught only once.

  Lee Wulff

  Games, Trout, Caught

  Lee Wulff (1989). “The compleat Lee Wulff: a treasury of Lee Wulff's greatest angling adventures”, Dutton Adult

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• Why does a salmon rise? Why does a small boy cross the street just to kick a tin can?

  Lee Wulff

  Boys, Tin Cans, Salmon

  Lee Wulff (1958). “The Atlantic Salmon”

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• The great charm of fly-fishing is that we are always learning.

  Theodore Gordon

  Lakes, Sea, Rivers

  Theodore Gordon (1947). “The Complete Fly Fisherman”

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• One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted's passions, and I wish he was here today to share this with me because I owe so much to Ted Williams.

  Wade Boggs

  Sports, Passion, Long

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• You are not content with the vast millions of tribute we pay you annually under the operation of our revenue law, our navigation laws, your fishing bounties, and by making your people our manufacturers, our merchants, our shippers.

  John Henninger Reagan

  Law, People, Navigation

  John Henninger Reagan's speech (January 15, 1861), as quoted in the Congressional Globe, 36th Congress, 2nd Session (p. 391); also quoted in Kenneth M. Stampp "The Causes of the Civil War" (p. 89), 1959.

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• I've had some amazing people in my life. Look at my father - he came from a small fishing village of five hundred people and at six foot four with giant ears and a kind of very odd expression, thought he could be a movie star. So go figure, you know?

  Kiefer Sutherland

  Stars, Father, Expression

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I like to fish. Fishing is always a way of relaxing.

  Tom Felton

  Way, Fishes

  "Tom Felton Talks About Reading, Collecting, and Being Draco". Interview with Marie Morreale, www.scholastic.com. September 22, 2008.

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• 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

  Love, Mother, Hate

  John Steinbeck (2003). “America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction”, p.116, Penguin

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