Fishing Quotes - Page 5

• I do fish. I think there is a connection between thinking and fishing mostly because you spend a lot of time up to your waist in water without a whole lot to keep your mind busy.

  Anthony Doerr

  Thinking, Lakes, Sea

  Penguin Group Interview, www.encyclopedia.com. 2006.

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

  Arnold Gingrich

  Lakes, Sea, Rivers

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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 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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• 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 have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.

  Izaak Walton

  Business, Gone

  Izaak Walton (1833). “The Complete Angler ; Or, Contemplative Man's Recreation; Being a Discourse on Rivers, Ponds, Fish and Fishing. With Lives and Notes”, p.33

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• One of the cries from the people was, don't forget us. They have a long road ahead of them. Operation Blessing has found those little fishing towns. They will not be getting what other towns are getting from the government.

  Connie Sellecca

  Blessing, Government, Long

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• 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.

  Whitey Herzog

  Sports, Stars, Winning

  Whitey Herzog, Kevin Horrigan (1988). “White Rat: A Life in Baseball”, HarperCollins

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