Your bait of falsehood takes this carp of truth.

Good things come to those who hustle

— Chuck Noll

So, Diana thought, that was the bait she had to lay out for Jack. Of course. What else? He might lust for Diana, and…

— Michael Grant

Every man has his price. This is not true. But for every man there exists a bait which he cannot resist swallowing. To win…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“Sitting still and wishing Makes no person great; The good Lord sends the fishing, But you must dig the bait!”

— Daryl Hoole

As children, we dug for worms or we used crawdads for bait. We caught catfish, or crappies, a delicous fish.

— Anita Bryant

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

— Mark Twain

The finer the bait, the shorter the wait!

— Frank Gorshin

Pleasure is the bait of sin

— Plato

Stand in despair anywhere old-growth forest has been clear-felled. All life has been replaced by blackened, poisoned desolation. Animals and birds have either fled…

— Peter Cundall

Nile perch are enormous but lethargic fish, easy to catch once they have taken your bait. Some are bright golden yellow, some grey pink…

— Kuki Gallmann

“he remained absolutely convinced that his way of life was no worse than mine, only different, pointing out in the process certain inconsistencies: Why,…

— Ron Hall

A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys.

— Baden Powell de Aquino

The scheme of separate confederacies, which will always multiply the chances of ambition, will be a never failing bait to all such influential characters…

— Alexander Hamilton

We are assailed by the temptation of the love of money. If you wish to acquire riches ? they are the bait of the…

— Pachomius the Great

“I could be held back just by being needed. Please try not to need me. That's the worst bait of all to a lonely…

— John Steinbeck