Or whipping its rough surface for a trout.

I was 3-years-old - to this day it is a vivid memory. My family and I were on a boat, catching fish. As one…

— Joaquin Phoenix

When I get a chance to play golf or go on a boat with good people, take the boat out and put some lobsters…

— Bernie Mac

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…

— John D. Voelker

It was just the sort of yatch you'd expect a rock promoter to have. Mirrored ceilings, marble, Jacuzzis and leopard-skin everything, it made the…

— Pamela Anderson

It's a hindrance in trying to get a serious acting role. The minute a producer has a script and my name comes up, they…

— Barbi Benton

Something I like to do a lot is just sit by water when there’s a current and just stare into the water. I don’t…

— Iggy Pop

The trouble is, you can't properly present something you don't believe in.

— Thomas McGuane

You know how this is: if I look at the crystal moon, at the red branch of the slow autumn at my window, if…

— Pablo Neruda

A film is a boat which is always on the point of sinking-it always tends to break up as you go along and drag…

— Francois Truffaut

I took one guitar lesson, and they wanted me to play 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' or 'Michael Row the Boat Ashore,' and that…

— Rick Nielsen

I was 35 years old and in a position to take a shot at whatever I wanted to try. The Air Force said I…

— Jerry Doyle

We wanted a musical number that would capture the exhilaration of being out on a boat as they were and sailing with the stars…

— John Musker

I thought I would try my hand at sailing. It was too small and kept sinking, so I decided to try a boat instead.

— Arthur M. Jolly

I once went down the Amazon and our boat got charged by Columbian policemen with guns and we all had to get on motorbikes…

— Helen Skelton

Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman's job is simple: Pick out the best parts.

— Charles W. Waterman