Funny Fish Quotes

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  Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Uplifting, Sports

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  There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

  Steven Wright

  Funny, Sports, Sarcastic

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• The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad.

  A. Best

  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

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• If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago.

  Zane Grey

  Long Ago, Fishing, Trout

  Zane Grey (2000). “Tales of Southern Rivers”, p.130, Derrydale Press

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• Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish.

  Mark Twain

  Inspiration, Fishing, People

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.125, Courier Corporation

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• Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

  Herbert Hoover

  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

  Herbert Hoover (1963). “Fishing for Fun - and to Wash Your Soul”

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• If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles.

  Doug Larson

  Funny, Witty, Retirement

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• Good things come to those who hustle

  Chuck Noll

  Fitness, Patience, Workout

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• There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm.

  Patrick F. McManus

  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

  Patrick F. McManus (1984). “Never Sniff A Gift Fish”, p.157, Macmillan

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• Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

  George Carlin

  Funny, Humor, Beer

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• I don't exaggerate - I just remember big.

  Chi Chi Rodriguez

  Golf, Remember, Funny Fishing

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• I love fishing. You put that line in the water and you don't know what's on the other end. Your imagination is under there.

  Robert Altman

  Sea, Fishing, Rivers

  "Robert Altman: What I've Learned" by Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

  Maimonides

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

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• The two best times to fish is when it's raining and when it ain't.

  Patrick F. McManus

  Rain, Fishing, Two

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• The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope.

  John Buchan

  Fishing, Trout, Fisherman

  John Buchan (1921). “Great Hours in Sport”, London : T. Nelson

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• Fly fishermen are born honest, but they get over it.

  Ed Zern

  Fishing, Honest, Fisherman

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• Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime; give a man religion and he will die praying for a fish.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Atheist, Men, Teach A Man To Fish

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• Good things come to those who wait.

  Jess C Scott

  Inspirational, Funny, Patience

  Jess C. Scott (2010). “Porcelain”, p.147, jessINK

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• Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime

  Jimmy Cannon

  Lakes, Sea, Fishing

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• 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

  Girl, Writing, Hunting

  Ernest Hemingway, Nick Lyons, Jack Hemingway (2012). “Hemingway on Fishing”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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• Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job.

  Paul Schullery

  Jobs, Lakes, Sea

  Paul Schullery, Marsha Karle (2013). “The Fishing Life: An Angler's Tales of Wild Rivers and Other Restless Metaphors”, p.23, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing.

  Herbert Hoover

  Men, Fishing, Hours

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• Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Leave the dude alone and he'll figure it out.

  Louis C. K.

  Education, Math, Men

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• Good things come to those who initiate.

  Susan RoAne

  Patience, Fitness, Workout

  Susan RoAne (2009). “Face to Face: How to Reclaim the Personal Touch in a Digital World”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• We do not know what is on the other side of the storm.

  Brian Francis

  Art Of War, Fishing, Storm

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