The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant: 'What good is it? — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
Sitting in a rocker never appealed to me. Golf or fishing isn't as much fun as working. — Colonel Sanders Copy Share Image
...in rebellion against the typical British-type dry flies, I created the Wulff series. — Lee Wulff Copy Share Image
A man ... needs to get out in the open air and sweat and blow off the stink. — William Kittredge Copy Share Image
From birth to death, anyone can fish. I just think it's fantastic to see old people going fishing with young people and… — Rex Hunt Copy Share Image
In a bowl to sea went wise men three, On a brilliant night of June: They carried a net, and their hearts… — Thomas Love Peacock Copy Share Image
When I am fishing, I think quite a lot about the fish, but I also think about the book I'm writing. — Max Hastings Copy Share Image
Scholars have long known that fishing eventually turns men into philosophers. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to buy decent tackle on a… — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
All Americans believe that they are born fishermen. For a man to admit a distaste for fishing would be like denouncing mother-love… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I object to fishing tournaments less for what they do to fish than what they do to fishermen. — Ted Williams Copy Share Image
Has it ever struck you that trout bite best on the Sabbath? God's critters tempting decent men. — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
The sport and game of angling is the true means and cause that brings a man into a merry spirit, which makes… — Juliana Berners Copy Share Image
Before exulatation had vanished, I felt as if I had been granted a marvellous privilege. Out of the inscrutable waters a beautiful… — Zane Grey Copy Share Image
Renewables need to be developed in an environmentally responsible way. And, you know, I frankly have heard criticisms from even environmentalists saying… — George P. Bush Copy Share Image
My dad, Frank Addison Albini, was a terrific shot with a rifle and had generally excellent hunting skills. While my dad loved… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
“The truth hurts sometimes. If we are going to be taught by God, the fisherman, we first need to be captured by… — Donald H. Calloway Copy Share Image
... everyone's free to embark on either a great clipper or a little fishing boat. An artist is an explorer who oughtn't… — George Sand Copy Share Image
And where the deepest current crawls/ Like thistledown the dainty fly falls./ Then from the depths a silver gleam/ Quick flashes, like… — John Buchan Copy Share Image
There is no more graceful and healthful accomplishment for a lady than fly-fishing, and there is no reason why a lady should… — William Cowper Prime Copy Share Image
What I had mastered was fly-fishing Rule # 1: Remove all hooks from soft tissue under water, where near-freezing temperatures anesthetize exposed… — Jessica Maxwell 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
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's difficult for people to come to the understanding that only a small minority of people ever really get the word about… — Earl Nightingale Copy Share Image
From high Meonia's rocky shores I came, Of poor decsent, Acoetes is my name, My sire was measly born: no oxen ploughed,… — Ovid Copy Share Image
The idea of the industrial fishing affects everyone. Those factory ships play this game of hit and run with the international fishing… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
Google has you at a very specific mental state that is, looking for something. And what they've always been able to say… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
“In fact, fishing is one of the world’s most wasteful and destructive industries. Every year, more than seven million tons of so-called… — Hope Bohanec Copy Share Image
Late in the afternoon we passed a man on the shore fishing with a long birch pole… The characteristics and pursuits of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Fishing is a condition of mind wherein you cannot possibly have a bad time. — Zane Grey Copy Share Image
A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Fishing as a spectator sport in real time is the most boring thing you can imagine. — Jeremy Wade Copy Share Image
I wonder how people would react if I walked into Sea World with a fishing pole. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The two best times to fish is when it's raining and when it ain't. — Patrick F. McManus Copy Share Image
