Oh, it were better to be a poor fisherman than to meddle with the government of men. — Georges Danton Copy Share Image
The fish, Even in the fisherman's net, Still carries, The smell of the sea. — Mourid Barghouti Copy Share Image
A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys. — Baden Powell de Aquino Copy Share Image
I have found more inspiration in the cottages of fishermen than in the palaces of the rich. — Wilfred Grenfell Copy Share Image
There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“Look at the lonely fisherman,' my father says. 'Look at his view,' my mother says.” — Hannah Lillith Assadi Copy Share Image
“I am a fisherman, a hunter, and a lover. A lover of men, not animals. And by men I mean women.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
As the old fisherman remarked after explaining the various ways to attach a frog to a hook, it's all the same to… — Paul Schullery Copy Share Image
Poor-country surf communities can be complex and, to some extent, leveling. The fisherman's kid is competing head to head with the plutocrat's… — William Finnegan Copy Share Image
I was a hunter and fisherman, and many a time I have slipped out into the woods and prairies at 4 a.m.… — Jay Cooke Copy Share Image
The confirmed man of trout should resolve to get along with wood ticks. Any other procedure would fail because the wood tick… — Gordon MacQuarrie Copy Share Image
If you've got short, stubby fingers and wear reading glasses, any relaxation you would normally derive from fly fishing is completely eliminated… — Jack Ohman Copy Share Image
I would be the simple fisherman in Perseus village. He lives a quiet life, brings in crab pots and is extremely happy. — Sam Worthington Copy Share Image
In these sad and ominous days of mad fortune chasing, every patriotic, thoughtful citizen, whether he fishes or not, should lament that… — Grover Cleveland Copy Share Image
People who fish for food, and sport be damned, are called pot-fishermen. The more expert ones are called crack pot-fishermen. All other… — Ed Zern Copy Share Image
I am ashamed to see what a shallow village tale our so-called History is. How many times must we say Rome, and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Along a stream that raced and ran Through tangled trees and over stones, That long had heard the pipes o' Pan And… — Edgar Guest Copy Share Image
It is quite easy to debase the sport, change its values, dilute its ethics and destroy its traditional associations with quietness, relaxation… — Roderick Haig-Brown Copy Share Image
This is what life does. It lets you walk up to the store to buy breakfast and the paper, on a stiff… — Eleanor Lerman Copy Share Image
“Maybe Fate isn't the pond you swim in but the fisherman floating on top of it, letting you run the line wild… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Americans generally associate boats with leisure. Vastly less prosperous, Egyptians associate them with nothing but labour. Rowing a boat is something a… — Rosemary Mahoney Copy Share Image
The natural historian is not a fisherman who prays for cloudy days and good luck merely; but as fishing has been styled… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
TO ALL THE ambulance drivers firewatchers air-raid wardens nurses canteen workers airplane spotters rescue workers mathematicians vicars vergers shopgirls chorus girls librarians… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
I am an obscure and patient pearl-fisherman who dives into the deepest waters and comes up with empty hands and a blue… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
These are the technicalities. The jetes and pirouettes.. but the music of the dance lies in the subtle signals between the steps:… — Jessica Maxwell Copy Share Image
To be a good storyteller one must be gloriously alive. It is not possible to kindle fresh fires from burned-out embers. I… — Ruth Sawyer Copy Share Image
Salt is a powerful symbol in Haiti, as elsewhere. Salt of the earth, for example is an American phrase. In Haiti, myth… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and… — Ray Davies Copy Share Image
“Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
“Amongst those who go to sea there are the navigators who discover new worlds, adding continents to the earth and stars to… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of course I usually fish the big… — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
“I’m thinking about becoming a farmer and a fisherman—a hunter of swimming plants.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman's job is simple: Pick out the best parts. — Charles W. Waterman Copy Share Image
I'm a passionate, hardcore fisherman. Biggest fish I caught? A 200-pound tarpon. — Dwayne Johnson Copy Share Image
The fishermen say that the "thundering of the pond" scares the fishes and prevents their biting. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I'm a fisherman. I've always loved fishing. I grew up fishing for trout. — Alex O'Loughlin Copy Share Image
Retire to what? I'm a golfer and a fisherman. I've got no place to retire to. — Julius Boros Copy Share Image
Bought the Vegematic and Pocket Fisherman, too, illuminated illustrated history of Life, and Boxcar Willie. — Steve Goodman Copy Share Image
