Quotes about Fishing

Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing. Votes: 4

I like to fish. Fishing is always a way of relaxing. Votes: 4

There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot. Votes: 4

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. Votes: 4

Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them. Votes: 4

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers. Votes: 4

A thousand hills, but no birds in flight, Ten thousand paths, with no person's tracks. A lonely boat, a straw-hatted old man, Fishing alone in the cold river snow. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

Fishing is taking a huge toll on the planet's ecosystem. Votes: 3

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes. Votes: 3

Fishing tournaments seem a little like playing tennis with living balls... Votes: 3

Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes Votes: 3

Next to prayer, Fishing is the most personal relationship of man. Votes: 3

Fishing is not a benign activity; it is hunting in the water. Votes: 3

Fishing is a sport invented by insects and you are the bait. Votes: 3

Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime Votes: 3

Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime. Votes: 3

Fishing is more than fish; it is the vitalizing lure to outdoor life. Votes: 3

Fishing makes us less the hostages to the horrors of making a living. Votes: 3

Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting. Votes: 3

Fishing is boring, unless you catch an actual fish, and then it is disgusting Votes: 3

Fishing can come as close to doing nothing as anything I can think of. Votes: 3

Fishing is a condition of the mind wherein one cannot have a bad time. Votes: 3

Fishing is a quest for knowledge and wonder as much as a pursuit of fish. Votes: 3

Fishing is not like billiards, in which it is possible to attain a disgusting perfection. Votes: 3

Fishing: I don't really like it. I don't really like the expression on the fish's face. Votes: 3

Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish. Votes: 3

Fishing is such great fun, I have often felt, that it really ought to be done in bed Votes: 3

Fishing, by its very nature, nourishes the imagination, feeding it with a potent fuel of hope and desire. Votes: 3

Fishing has been styled 'a contemplative man's recreation,' ... and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation. Votes: 3

Fishing is a pleasure of retirement, yet the angler has the power to let the fish live or die. Votes: 3

Fishing seems to be divided, like sex, into three unequal parts: anticipation and recollection and, in between, actual performance. Votes: 3

Martha Stewart's a convicted felon and they gave her another television show. What's next, the Scott Peterson Fishing Hour? Votes: 3

Fishing is a hard job. Fishing at night. Rain. Day, night. You have to be wise and smart. And quick. Votes: 3

I come from a family of fishermen. Fishing is very important to us. We don't hunt. We're not gun folk. Votes: 3

Fishing the small streams of New Hampshire is a pastime that combines hiking, map reading, and bushwhacking - plenty of it. Votes: 3

Fishing should be a ceremony that reaffirms our place in the natural world and helps us resist further estrangement from our origins. Votes: 3

Fishing largely consists of not catching fish; failure is as much a part of the sport as knee injuries are of football. Votes: 3

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers Votes: 3

God has cast our confessed sins into the depths of the sea, and He's even put a 'No Fishing' sign over the spot. Votes: 3

Fishing is taking a huge toll on the planet's ecosystem. We are emptying the oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers as we fish them dry. Votes: 3

Trees shaped like deer should not be ridden like benches if they get stuck up in other trees. No hunting farming allowed. Fishing only. Votes: 3

Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for no man. Votes: 3

Fishing in rainy conditions may make fisherman seem crazy to the great mass of unimaginative people, but then few fishermen care what they think Votes: 3

I look at trees, hunt mushrooms, and watch animals. Fishing is what gets me out into the woods so I can notice these things. Votes: 3

Fishing from a boat seems like dilettante bullshit - like hunting wild boar with a can of spray paint from the safety of a pick-up truck Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

I never watch MTV. I don't have time to watch TV. And when I do, I'm watching the Discovery Channel. 'Deadliest Catch: Crab Fishing in Alaska,' that's my show. Votes: 3

Fishing, Danny boy, is purely a state of mind. Some men, when they are fishing, are after fish. Me, I'm after things you could never set a barbed hook in. Votes: 3

Fishing is one of the greatest things that you can do, it has the power to relax you like nothing else and there's nothing quite like the thrill of the catch. Votes: 3

Fishing is very meditative; you need to be able to give up control and cast out the line and then hope for the best, so in that way, it's quite like acting. Votes: 3

Fishing is a quest for knowledge and wonder as much as a pursuit of fish; it is as much an acquaintance with beavers, dippers, and other fishermen as it is the challenge of catching trout. Votes: 3

And one thing I can be proud of is we have a 'Come and Try Fishing' day every year. And there's 20 venues throughout the state, and see, these thousands of kids who've never been fishing come along. Votes: 3

Fishing provides time to think, and reason not to. If you have the virtue of patience, an hour or two of casting alone is plenty of time to review all you’ve learned about the grand themes of life. Votes: 3

I've never felt a strong urge to rush into Hollywood, so I bided my time and waited till I had a decent body of work to show people, the icing on the cake being 'Salmon Fishing' and 'Parade's End.' Votes: 3

On tour, I'll get up at 5 p.m. and go to bed at 8 in the morning. With fishing, it's the exact opposite. Fishing is the only healthy thing I do. Touring is such a grind; it's the opposite of healthy. Votes: 3

On tour, I'll get up at 5 p.m. and go to bed at 8 in the morning. With fishing, it's the exact opposite. Fishing is the only healthy thing I do. Touring is such a grind; it's the opposite of healthy. Votes: 3

Fishing is the chance to wash one's soul with pure air. It brings meekness and inspiration, reduces our egoism, soothes our troubles and shames our wickedness. It is discipline in the equality of men--for all men are equal before fish. Votes: 3

Fishing, if I a fisher may protest, Of pleasures is the sweetest of sports the best, Of exercises the most excellent, Of recreations the most innocent. But now the sport is marred, and why you ask? Fishes decrease, and fishers multiply. Votes: 3

Fishing books , lit by emotion recollected in tranquility, are like poetry. .. . We do not think of them as books but as men. They are our companions and not only riverside. Summer and winter they are with us and what a pleasant company they are. Votes: 3

As for me, tough duty though it may be, I continue to do my part for the commercial recreation industry. Fishing, boating, tennis, golf, running, hunting, and all of this. Horseshoes. It's tough duty. Somebody has to do it, and I'm going to keep on. Votes: 3

Don't talk anybody, don't come near! Can't you see the fish might hear? He thinks I'm playing with a piece of string; He thinks I'm another sort of funny thing, But he doesn't know I'm fishing - He doesn't know I'm fishing. That's what I'm doing - Fishing. Votes: 3

Probably fishing is my first passion. Votes: 2

No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise. Votes: 2

The fun of fishing is catching 'em, not killing 'em. Votes: 2

Fly-fishing is the most fun you can have standing up. Votes: 2

There is no greater fan of fly fishing than the worm. Votes: 2

If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is the high church. Votes: 2

Calling fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job. Votes: 2

When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain. Votes: 2

The gods do not deduct from man's allotted span the hours spent in fishing. Votes: 2

The two best times to fish is when it's raining and when it ain't. Votes: 2

The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. Votes: 2

Sustainable fishing is a fraud. It's a marketing term that really means 'business as usual.' Votes: 2

I do hunt, and I do fish, and I don't apologize to anybody for hunting and fishing. Votes: 2

Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned. Votes: 2

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing. Votes: 2

Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley. Votes: 2

I like fishing. Not actual fishing - I like the peace and quiet of being at sea. It's different. Votes: 2

Last year I went fishing with Salvador Dali. He was using a dotted line. He caught every other fish. Votes: 2

Don't tell fish stories where the people know you; but particularly, don't tell them where they know the fish. Votes: 2

Millions of Americans each year use our national forests to go hiking, fishing, hunting, camping, swimming, horseback riding, and canoeing. Votes: 2

There are always new places to go fishing. For any fisherman, there's always a new place, always a new horizon. Votes: 2

Look at where Jesus went to pick people. He didn't go to the colleges; he got guys off the fishing docks. Votes: 2

Hell, if I'd jumped on all the dames I'm supposed to have jumped on, I'd have had no time to go fishing. Votes: 2

Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish. Votes: 2

It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming. Votes: 2

The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Nothing is worse than a beautiful girl fishing for compliments by saying how gross she is. On the flip side, I find genuine humility and modesty attractive. Votes: 2

We have seen Indians in immense numbers, and all those on this coast of the Pacific contrive to make a good subsistence on various seeds, and by fishing. Votes: 2

There will be days when the fishing is better than one's most optimistic forecast, others when it is far worse. Either is a gain over just staying home. Votes: 2

I'll paddle board, swim in the ocean, roll in the sand, soak up the sun, eat good food, be with friends and family and go fishing with my dad. Votes: 2

I used to like fishing because I thought it had some larger significance. Now I like fishing because it's the one thing I can think of that probably doesn't. Votes: 2

My earliest memory from childhood is of fishing with my father. And I remember vividly we were in a store, and we were buying a pup tent to go on our first camping trip. Votes: 2

You know when they have a fishing show on TV? They catch the fish and then let it go. They don't want to eat the fish, they just want to make it late for something. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I fished a little while ago with a man, not in his first youth, who had wasted the flower of his life on business and golf and gardening and motoring and marriage, and had in this way postponed his initiation (to fly fishing) far too long. Votes: 2

I thoroughly enjoy getting away from the game and going out fishing because it's so relaxing, so quiet and peaceful. I mean, there's no noise other than nature - and it's so different from what I do in a tournament situation that it just eases my mind. Votes: 2

Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough. Thank you for the rain. And for the chance to wake up in three hours and go fishing: I thank you for that now, because I won't feel so thankful then. Votes: 2

I was a Scout years ago, before the movement started, when my father took me fishing, camping and hunting. Then I was sorry that more girls could not have what I had. When I learned of the movement, I thought, here is what I always wanted other girls to have. Votes: 2

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? Votes: 2

Mobile is a seaport town, and we ate a lot of seafood. We'd go fishing, we'd catch our fish and we'd eat our fish. It was a ritual on Saturday morning for all my family - my grandfather, my brothers, my uncles, my father - to go fishing, and then the ladies of the family would clean the fish and fry them up. Votes: 2

I love fishing, any kind of fishing. Votes: 1

NATO isn't going to be concerned about fishing. Votes: 1

The best time to go fishing is when you can Votes: 1

I get out in my boat and go fishing inshore and offshore. Votes: 1

I don't believe in rock bottom. Rock bottom is like a fishing term. Votes: 1

I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish. Votes: 1

There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot Votes: 1

After that first trout I was alone in there. But I didn't know it until later Votes: 1

A fishing pole is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool on the other Votes: 1

When I am fishing, I think quite a lot about the fish, but I also think about the book I'm writing. Votes: 1

Fly-fishing is really addictive. Votes: 0

Best fishing in troubled waters. Votes: 0

Rock bottom; that's a fishing term. Votes: 0

My hobby is fishing for girls. Votes: 0

[T]is not all fishing to fish. Votes: 0

It's not good fishing before the net. Votes: 0

I'd rather go fishing for three years. Votes: 0

I like golf, hiking, camping, boating and fishing. Votes: 0

I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing. Votes: 0

I only make movies to finance my fishing. Votes: 0

The juxtaposition between fishing and touring couldn't be greater. Votes: 0

The juxtaposition between fishing and touring couldn't be greater. Votes: 0

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. Votes: 0

Fish stimulates the brain, but fishing stimulates the imagination. Votes: 0

I love fishing. It's transcendental meditation with a punchline. Votes: 0

fishing teaches a stern morality; inculcates a remorseless honesty. Votes: 0

We are standing on a whale fishing for minnows. Votes: 0

I like fishing, I like painting; I like painting fish. Votes: 0

One of the things I enjoy the most is fishing. Votes: 0

I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing. Votes: 0

If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church. Votes: 0

Teach as an old fishing guide takes out a beginner. Votes: 0

[On fishing:] Greatest rest in the world for the brain. Votes: 0

What I miss most about living in Alaska is the fishing. Votes: 0

The shell fishing industry represents a major part of Louisiana's economy. Votes: 0

I grew up spear-fishing, so I've always had a breath hold. Votes: 0

My fishing hole is deader than...a dead thing that's dead. Votes: 0

They should call fishing what it really is... tricking and killing! Votes: 0

The great charm of fly-fishing is that we are always learning. Votes: 0

My best fishing-memory is about some fish that I never caught. Votes: 0

Catch and release fishing may be cruelty masquerading as political correctness Votes: 0

The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad. Votes: 0

I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself. Votes: 0

Mothers will be fishing kids out of obscure cubby-holes for years! Votes: 0

I love talk and I love fishing. I'm having a ball. Votes: 0

I love fishing and surfing, and I work out every day. Votes: 0

Creeps and idiots cannot conceal themselves for long on a fishing trip. Votes: 0

Maoris now own over half the commercial fishing industry in New Zealand. Votes: 0

when one went fishing in information networks, one also became fish food. Votes: 0

Why are you obsessed with fighting? Stick to fishing from now on. Votes: 0

I truly believe fishing is like a washing machine for your brain Votes: 0

I now believe that fishing is far more important than the fish. Votes: 0

Perhaps fishing is, for me, only an excuse to be near rivers. Votes: 0

If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense. Votes: 0

Never open a can of worms unless you plan to go fishing. Votes: 0

The best time to go fishing is when you can get away. Votes: 0

Work: a dangerous disorder affecting high public functionaries who want to go fishing. Votes: 0

The joys of fishing are not confined to the hours near the water. Votes: 0

Coffee, whiskey, and fishing poles. That’s really all you need in life. Votes: 0

I'm an outdoors girl - I like to go fishing, riding four-wheelers, hunting. Votes: 0

I can really fish - I've been fishing since I was a kid. Votes: 0

The man who goes fishing gets something more than the fish he catches. Votes: 0

In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. Votes: 0

Street Photography is like fishing. Catching the fish is more exciting than eating it... Votes: 0

I go fishing for a thousand monsters in the depths of my own self Votes: 0

And for winter fly-fishing it is as useful as an almanac out of date. Votes: 0

I'm only wishing to go a-fishing;For this the month of May was made. Votes: 0

There's more B.S. in fly fishing than there is in a Kansas feedlot. Votes: 0

Once fishing was a rabbit's foot-- O wind blow cold, O wind blow hot Votes: 0

There is time to go long, time to go short and time to go fishing. Votes: 0

If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago. Votes: 0

Whoever came up with ice fishing must have had the worst marriage on the planet. Votes: 0

Good fishermen know that in talking about fishing, nothing is more interesting than the truth. Votes: 0

I imagine that no art has ever been learned from books. fly-fishing is no exception. Votes: 0

The end of commercial fishing is predicted long before the middle of the 21st century. Votes: 0

I ran around with the other youngsters, hunting, fishing and raising tadpoles and all the rest. Votes: 0

The fishing is best where the fewest go. There is just less competition for bigger goals. Votes: 0

Don't pray for the rain to stop; pray for good luck fishing when the river floods. Votes: 0

Fly-fishing is a magic way to recapture the rapture of solitude without the pangs of loneliness. Votes: 0

I call intuition cosmic fishing. You feel a nibble, then you've got to hook the fish. Votes: 0

A lot of people think there's a lot of luck in fishing, and there really isn't. Votes: 0

When I go fishing I like to know that there's nobody within five miles of me. Votes: 0

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. Votes: 0

Successful trout fishing isn't a matter of brute force or even persistence, but something more like infiltration. Votes: 0

Saltwater fishing is only for the strong man with a hard stomach. It's like sex after lunch. Votes: 0

Really, the only thing a psychiatrist can do that a good (fishing) guide can't is write prescriptions. Votes: 0

He liked fishing and seemed to take pride in being able to like such a stupid occupation. Votes: 0

You can't say enough about fishing. Though the sport of kings, it's just what the deadbeat ordered. Votes: 0

Catch-and-release fishing is an ecological necessity, not my preference. The practice smacks of bad faith, an inauthentic act. Votes: 0

Fish banks are areas we set aside without fishing, reserves where we allow marine life to come back. Votes: 0

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other. Votes: 0

It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish. Votes: 0

To paraphrase a deceased patriot, I regret that I have only one life to give to my fly-fishing. Votes: 0

I'm a pretty low-key North Carolina boy. I like to go fishing and hang out with my friends. Votes: 0

Whether it's fly-fishing, taking your camper to the Everglades, or just traveling, everyone has got a little retirement dream. Votes: 0

Sometimes people in search of a better fishing hole can't see the body of water in front of them. Votes: 0

There comes a time in every man's life when he is either going to go fishing or do something worse. Votes: 0

If you go fishing you may not catch any fish. If you don't go fishing, you'll never catch any fish. Votes: 0

Fly fishing or any other sport fishing, is an end in itself and not a game or competition among fishermen. . . . Votes: 0

We as songwriters are in the same position as a professional fisherman. Our fishing grounds are kind of fished out. Votes: 0

There are always new places to go fishing. For any fisherman, there's always a new place, always a new horizon Votes: 0

...next to the pleasure of reading a favourite fishing book comes that of persuading a friend to read it too. Votes: 0

If you tell Congress everything about the world situation, they get hysterical. If you tell them nothing, they go fishing. Votes: 0

Leave the fishing-rod, Great General, to us sovereigns of Pharos and Canopus. Your game is cities and kings and continents. Votes: 0

Baby's fishing for a dream, fishing near and far. His line a silver moonbeam is, his bait a silver star. Votes: 0

The chief difference between big-game fishing and weightlifting is that weightlifters never clutter up their library walls with stuffed barbells Votes: 0

One has to tiptoe lightly and steal up to one's quarry; you don't swish the water when you are fishing. Votes: 0

In cross examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch. Votes: 0

God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, "No fishing." Votes: 0

Yet compared with the serious things of life, fishing is after all rather trivial. The thoughtful angler must frankly confess this. Votes: 0

Golf is like hunting and fishing. What counts is the companionship and fellowship of friends, not what you catch or shoot. Votes: 0

In fishing, golf and gardening, if you don't have a healthy tolerance for your own ineptitude, then it isn't for you. Votes: 0

My father had a fishing business in Aberdeen destroyed by the European Union and the Common Fisheries Policy, the European Union. Votes: 0

...secretly I lament the hundreds [of fish] we never caught because we forever persisted in fishing only the likliest holding water. Votes: 0

One great thing about fly fishing is that after a while nothing exists of the world but thoughts about fly fishing Votes: 0

Usually the way to screw up some good fishing is to have a tournament. This just keeps getting better and better. Votes: 0

I'm an outdoor nut. If I'm not working, I'm on a tractor on my farm, hunting, fishing or climbing a mountain. Votes: 0

We know of fishing vessels that carry up to twelve different flags on board, and they re-flag their ship at sea,. Votes: 0

We'd like to make it [bucky fiber] in a continuous fiber, roll it on a drum, and go fishing with it. Votes: 0

Like they say, you can learn more from a guide in one day than you can in three months fishing alone. Votes: 0

I grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. My dad took me hunting, trapping and fishing when I was a kid. Votes: 0

In politics, as in fishing, you don't have to be a genius. You just have to be smarter than the fish. Votes: 0

I can go without make-up and go fishing with my dad; other times, I buy pink shoes and shop for dresses. Votes: 0

Cool! Now I can steal some rich old coot's Ferrari and go fishing for marlin with the same piece of jewelry. Votes: 0

Yoochun makes great songs..so I want to go fishing w/ him. That way I can be closer to him as well. Votes: 0

We've got a Muslim for a president who hates cowboys, hates cowgirls, hates fishing, hates farming, loves gays and we hate him! Votes: 0

The fly angler who says they have never, ever fallen while wading , is either a pathogenic liar, or has never been fly-fishing. Votes: 0

I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive. Votes: 0

Presidents have only two moments of personal seclusion. One is prayer; the other fishing - and they cannot pray all the time! Votes: 0

To seek these things is lost labour; Geese in an oyle pot, fat Hogs among Jews, and Wine in a fishing net. Votes: 0

There's an absolute surety to the hands-on conservation lifestyle of hunting, fishing and trapping where you know you're going to consume today. Votes: 0

Using my nipples as bait, I went fishing for compliments. I got a few bites, but nothing to write about in Field & Stream. Votes: 0

About the only certainty, other than uncertainty, in fly fishing is that a fly won't catch fish if it stays in its box. Votes: 0

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after. Votes: 0

Martha says the interesting thing about fly fishing is that it's two lives connected by a thin strand. Come on, Martha. Grow up. Votes: 0

The true fisherman approaches the first day of fishing season with all the sense of wonder and awe of a child approaching Christmas. Votes: 0

I'm not much interested in sport just as sport. I wouldn't be interested in making a golf film or baseball or fishing film. Votes: 0

I've managed to convince my wife that somewhere in the Bible it says, 'Man cannot have too many shotguns and fishing poles.' Votes: 0

It's not to give people fish It's not to teach them how to fish It's to build a new and better fishing industry Votes: 0

Old Peter Grimes made fishing his employ; His wife he cabined with him and his boy, And seemed that life laborious to enjoy. Votes: 0

My golf game's gone off so much that when I went fishing a couple of weeks ago my first cast missed the lake. Votes: 0

Having ideas is like getting fishing net; you must cast it. The broader you cast it, the greater your likelihood of achieving more! Votes: 0

One of the first rules in fishing is that there are few rules in fishing that resourceful trout do not manage to break. Votes: 0

Until we see something that is actually wrongdoing, we're probably not going to go on a fishing trip to go see look at. Votes: 0

The solution to any problem -work, love, money, whatever -is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be. Votes: 0

Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook. Votes: 0

I can't bear fishing. I think people look like fools sitting watching a line hour after hour-or else throwing and throwing, and catching nothing. Votes: 0

Man can learn a lot from fishing - when the fish are biting no problem in the world is big enough to be remembered. Votes: 0

Accurately recalling an entire day of fishing is like trying to push smoke back down a chimney, so you settle on these specific moments. Votes: 0

Every afternoon, I was in the pasture with cattle or fishing and shooting my BB gun. That kind of freedom allows imagination to develop. Votes: 0

Comedians get jokes offered to them, rock stars get women and underwear thrown onstage, and I get guys that want to take me fishing. Votes: 0

The fact is, there's a great deal of hair-splitting fussiness when it comes to fly-fishing, most of it as silly as a top hat. Votes: 0

I would like to go fishing and catch a fish stick. That would be convenient. I could easily get a job at Mrs. Paul's. Votes: 0

Indians are born with an instinct for riding, rowing, hunting, fishing, and swimming. Americans are born with an instinct for fooling around with machines. Votes: 0

She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again. Votes: 0

I'd pull my little brother on our motorcycle on an inner tube behind it. We would go fishing, we would hunt some, growing up. Votes: 0

Here, then, is the last moment of true perception, a man fishing in a red jacket and a cloudy sky reflected on opaque water. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I was interested in the environment from when I was a little kid. I spent most of my time hunting and fishing and kayaking. Votes: 0

The orb came about because I wanted to do this kitsch sweater for Prince Charles when he went hunting and fishing with his kilt on. Votes: 0

Every city has a town outside with a lake. I pull out my fishing pole and fish. I've been doing that for a long time. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Many of the most highly publicized events of my presidency are not nearly as memorable or significant in my life as fishing with my daddy. Votes: 0

Along with being forever on the move, one is forever in a hurry, leaving things inadvertently behind-friend or fishing tackle, old raincoat or old allegiance. Votes: 0

... the fishermen of Port Sonas care only for the two things, fishing and women. And there's some that are no' that keen on the fishing. Votes: 0

I've gone fishing thousands of times in my life, and I have never once felt unlucky or poorly paid for those hours on the water. Votes: 0

Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the fishing industry. Votes: 0

The only ones to profit from illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing are the owners of the fishing fleets who remain hidden behind veils of corporate secrecy. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If Satch (Paige) and I were pitching on the same team, we would clinch the pennant by July fourth and go fishing until World Series time. Votes: 0

Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Give him a fishing lesson and he'll sit in a boat drinking beer every weekend. Votes: 0

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three years. Votes: 0

I am my father's daughter. It was not up to me growing up. I was his hunting and fishing buddy, so I've been shooting my whole life. Votes: 0

Although it may not be a castle, [it is the] functional equivalent of a hotel room, a vacation and retirement home or a hunting and fishing cabin.. Votes: 0

It's mainly the high-end luxury market now that drives much of the fishing in the sea. It's not feeding the starving millions. It's feeding a luxury market. Votes: 0

I'm a country boy, so I really appreciate the country. I love fishing, so I fish between takes on set. During lunch, I go for a fish. Votes: 0

I was a kid that grew up in the South and was always outdoors fishing and hunting and, you know, swimming in the pool during the summer. Votes: 0

We all love being outdoors. Grandma was in her garden or fishing; Mama loves to fish and I love to be outside. We all love the Lord. Votes: 0

... it takes several years of serious fishing before a man learns enough to go through a whole season with an unblemished record of physical and spiritual anguish. Votes: 0

If you ask the fish whether they'd rather have an oil spill or a season of fishing, I wouldn't be surprised if they'd vote for another blowout. Votes: 0

The only thing bad about winning the pennant is that you have to manage the All-Star Game the next year. I'd rather go fishing for three days. Votes: 0

A man should think when he fishing of all manner and shape of things, flowing as easily through the mind as the light stream among the rocks Votes: 0

There's nothing like fishing to pass the time and to incline toward a sort of magnificent stupidity in which nothing matters but tackle, bait, sunlight and the strike. Votes: 0

People still do not understand that a live fish is more valuable than a dead one, and that destructive fishing techniques are taking a wrecking ball to biodiversity. Votes: 0

Catching something is merely a byproduct of our fishing. It is the act of fishing that wipes away all grief, lightens all worry, dissolves all fear and anxiety. Votes: 0

Songwriting is like fishing in a stream; you put in your line and hope to catch something. And I don't think anyone downstream from Bob Dylan ever caught anything. Votes: 0

Sadly, my hobby is what I do for work, so I don't go off and go fishing. I go home and veg, and then I go back to work. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

What I do is called 'fishing.' If it was easy, we would refer to it as 'catching,' and there would be a lot more people doing it. Votes: 0

Fly-fishing is solitary, contemplative, misanthropic, scientific in some hands, poetic in others, and laced with conflicting aesthetic considerations. It's not even clear if catching fish is actually the point. Votes: 0

In a bowl to sea went wise men three, On a brilliant night of June: They carried a net, and their hearts were set On fishing up the moon. Votes: 0

Ill paddle board, swim in the ocean, roll in the sand, soak up the sun, eat good food, be with friends and family and go fishing with my dad. Votes: 0

I worry about kids today not having time to build a tree house or ride a bike or go fishing. I worry that life is getting faster and faster. Votes: 0

Most fishing rods work better if you grasp them at the thick end. If you grasp a fisherman at the thick end, you may get a thumb bit off. Votes: 0

When things are going well, I can't write fast enough to keep up with my mind. Writing walks, speech runs and talk flies. Other times, though, it's like fishing. Votes: 0

For the true angler, fishing produces a deep,unspoken joy, born of longing for that which is quiet and peaceful, and fostered by an inbred love of communing with nature Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If you've got short, stubby fingers and wear reading glasses, any relaxation you would normally derive from fly fishing is completely eliminated when you try to tie on a fly. Votes: 0

The obsessions of others are opaque to the unobsessed, and thus easy to mock. NASCAR, jazz, baseball, roses, poetry, quilts, fishing. If we're lucky, we all have at least one. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Can there be a more lamentable picture than that of a Chancellor of the Exchequer seated on an empty chest by a pool of bottomless deficiency fishing for a budget? Votes: 0

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Don't teach a man to fish and you feed yourself. He's a grown man, fishing's not that hard. Votes: 0

The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits. Votes: 0

If your concentration is getting bad, take up bass fishing. It will really improve your ability to focus. If you aren't ready when that fish hits, you can't set the hook. Votes: 0

I would like to take the great DiMaggio fishing," the old man said. "They say his father was a fisherman. Maybe he was as poor as we are and would understand. Votes: 0

The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits. Votes: 0

LazyTown' is basically about motivation. So what do I call motivation? I call it 'go.' The show is going to inspire kids to go. Go fishing. Go dancing. Go live. Votes: 0

I learned to look up suddenly from a hatch or feeding frenzy and find myself momentarily removed from solid earth. I go fishing not to find myself but to lose myself Votes: 0

I'm so lucky that 'The Vampire Diaries' happened. I'm so lucky that Warner Bros. pays me money. You have no idea. I should be on a fishing boat with my dad. Votes: 0

What I had mastered was fly-fishing Rule # 1: Remove all hooks from soft tissue under water, where near-freezing temperatures anesthetize exposed nerve endings and you can't hear your fellow anglers' hysterical laughter. Votes: 0

If you don't want people to look at you, Park had thought at the time, don't wear fishing lures in your hair. Her jewelry box must look like a junk drawer. Votes: 0

I used to love going fishing. I think it was really about the clothes. Nothing says real man like a vest with 38 pockets and a mesh hat with hooks in it. Votes: 0

There are a couple of carp fishing books I've been reading. I'm very interested in that line of books, because I think they write very well, carp anglers, about the general environment. Votes: 0

I continue to be a photographer; I have enjoyed fishing and hunting with a close friend; and have owned two ranches, first in northern California and then in the state of Washington. Votes: 0

It always rains on the unloved-wet dreams-a fishing expedition-she kisses wyverns (the disneyland analogy)-dinner etiquette and chocolate lovers-desire swears by the first circle-"things are changing"-what can possibly go wrong? Votes: 0

Fly-fishing for wild trout on quiet waters must be one of the toughest and craziest ways to catch fish ever invented by man, as well as among the most frustrating and humiliating. Votes: 0

When I'm fishing, I feel guilty that I'm not writing, and when I'm writing, I feel guilty that I'm not fishing. But when push comes to shove, I'll always take the writing. Votes: 0

There is no subsititue for fishing sense, and if a man doesn't have it, verily, he may cast like an angel and still use his creel largely to transport sandwiches and beer Votes: 0

I worked on a farm. Played ball and loafed along the fishing and swimming holes of the White River, and my boyhood was not a lot different from that of other youngsters. Votes: 0

We also own a little boat and I'm like a kid with it. I take off early in the morning, fishing rod in tow, and just drift about the ocean all day. Votes: 0

Tennis is the only sport with love in the score, and that makes it the most romantic. I would be a player, but I wisely use the net to go fishing instead. Votes: 0

My favorite memories growing up in North Carolina were hunting and fishing with my father and brothers. There, I developed a deep appreciation for protecting land and waterways. There, I learned outdoorsmanship. Votes: 0

I'm just a simple guy. I love being at my house with my family, I love playing dominos and card games and hunting and fishing. That's just what I like to do. Votes: 0

Any person who has spent time outdoors actually doing something, such as hunting and fishing as opposed to standing there with a doobie in his mouth, knows nature is not intrinsically healthy. Votes: 0

I'm just a simple guy. I love being at my house with my family. I love playing dominos and card games and hunting and fishing. That's just what I like to do. Votes: 0

Therefore bivouac we On this great, blond highway, unimpeded by Veiled scruples, worn conundrums. Morning is Impermanent. Grab sex things, swing up Over the horizon like a boy On a fishing expedition. Votes: 0

I grew up in a small, strictly-Catholic fishing village on the coast of Wales. The people there have a different attitude to life than those in Hollywood - people stick together more. Votes: 0

There is no more graceful and healthful accomplishment for a lady than fly-fishing, and there is no reason why a lady should not in every respect, rival a gentleman in the gentle art. Votes: 0

My favorite hobby is being alone. I like to be alone. I also like dancing, fishing, playing poker sometimes and vegetable gardening - corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, I have a big garden every year. Votes: 0

Sport is a wonderful metaphor for life. Of all the sports that I played - skiing, baseball, fishing - there is no greater example than golf, because you're playing against yourself and nature. Votes: 0

The curious thing about fishing is you never want to go home. If you catch something, you can't stop. If you don't catch anything, you hate to leave in case something might bite. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

After the doctor's departure Koznyshev felt inclined to go to the river with his fishing rod. He was fond of angling, and seemed proud of being able to like such a stupid occupation. Votes: 0

But very unfortunately the merchant marine died away till even the majority of fishing done about the Cape is in the hands of the Portuguese who emigrated to the Cape some fifty years ago. Votes: 0

Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he'll evolve to become so skilled at fishing he destroys the ocean and kills every last fish. Votes: 0

If you'd asked me at 30 where I'd be during the Masters when I was 46, I'd have pictured myself on a boat fishing, smoking a cigar, drinking a mint julep and watching it on television. Votes: 0

If you want to catch more fish, more often, take luck out of your fishing equation and replace it with knowledge of fish, their habitat and behavior, and you will make your own luck. Votes: 0

Desire for an idea is like bait. When you're fishing, you have to have patience. You bait your hook, and then you wait. The desire is the bait that pulls those fish in-those ideas. Votes: 0

Consider the willful scorching of the earth, over-fishing, wasteful hunting, excessive and dangerous recycling of resources, and other similar "injustices" against the ways of nature share in the responsibility for this ecological spiraling down. Votes: 0

When I was very young - around the age of nine - my family used to go to a house in Somerset that my stepfather rented every summer. There was fishing, lakes and riding. Votes: 0

I'm big into fishing, but I've never been much of a hunter. I never was really raised around it a whole lot, so I never got a chance to do it a whole lot. Votes: 0

Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other. Votes: 0

I thought, as I have my living to get, and have not eaten today, that I might go a- fishing. That's the true industry for poets. It is the only trade I have learned. Votes: 0

Laws: We know what they are, and what they are worth! They are spider webs for the rich and mighty, steel chains for the poor and weak, fishing nets in the hands of government. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, marketing textbooks is like marketing fishing lures: the point is to catch fishermen, not fish. Thus many adopted textbooks are flashy to catch the eye of adoption committees but dull when read by students. Votes: 0

Old Filey lies around the Ravine, a glacial gash running down to Coble Landing. This is the fishing Filey of centuries past, with neat little terraced cottages and a cluster of attractive 18th century houses. Votes: 0

I'm not against extracting a modest amount of wildlife out of the ocean for human consumption, but I am really concerned about the large-scale industrial fishing that engages in destructive practices like trawling and longlining. Votes: 0

I get all the truth I need in the newspaper every morning, and every chance I get I go fishing, or swap stories with fishermen to get the taste of it out of my mouth. Votes: 0

It is public land and we will do our best to provide recreational activities. We are looking at initially allowing kayak access, wade fishing, bicycle access and walking access on some of the interior roads. Votes: 0

I was just different. When the other kids gravitated to football or basketball, I went fishing and skating. I was into trapping animals, pheasants and squirrels. Not only was I trapper, I was a taxidermist. Votes: 0

Whether it was hunting, fishing, or playing sports, my children were going to grow up outside. They weren't going to be sitting on the couch inside. At least they didn't grow up to be nerds. Votes: 0

Do you want to tear your life apart and get rid of everything you've known as a lifestyle? Like seeing your family? Being with your friends? A fishing trip? A hunting trip? A night's sleep? Votes: 0

Lake Pend Oreille is definitely my favorite place to be while in Sandpoint. I love to get out on a boat to enjoy water sports, camping, fishing, or just to relax and catch a sunset. Votes: 0

I like to catch fish and release them. I probably haven't killed a fish that I've caught in sport fishing for 20 years. No reason to kill it. You know, just take it and release it. Votes: 0

When I get up at five in the morning to go fishing, I wake my wife up and ask, 'What'll it be dear, sex or fishing?' And she says, "Don't forget your waders.' Votes: 0

I do fish, and as a matter of fact, I used to do a lot of deep sea fishing, but as far as going into the water, I don't go out deep into the water. Votes: 0

I object to fishing tournaments less for what they do to fish than what they do to fishermen. Votes: -1

I don't eat fish because there is no such thing as sustainable fishing in the world right now. Votes: -1

Whether people know it or not, I'm a big nature guy. I like snowboarding, I like fishing, and those are my ways to wind down. Votes: -1

What is the politically correct term for 'retarded'?""I think the words you're fishing for are 'mentally disabled.' And no. I'm not mentally disabled. Votes: -1