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> [America is like one of those old-fashioned six-cylinder truck engines that can be missing two sparkplugs and have a broken flywheel and have a crankshaft that's 5000 millimeters off fitting properly, and two bad ball-bearings, and still runs. We're in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/america-is-like-one-of-those-old-fashioned-six-cylinder-truck-engines/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

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## More by Thomas McGuane

> [The trouble is, you can't properly present something you don't believe in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/the-trouble-is-you-can-t-properly-present-something-you-don-t-believe/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

> [“She ate her breakfast in silence, then drove downtown in weather so lowering the streetlights seemed decapitated. This was when you could discover if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/she-ate-her-breakfast-in-silence-then-drove-downtown-in-weather-so/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

> [I simply feel that the frontier of angling is no longer either ethical or geographical. The Bible tells us to watch and listen. Something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/i-simply-feel-that-the-frontier-of-angling-is-no-longer-either/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

> [We have reached the time in the life of the planet, and humanity's demand upon it, when every fisherman will have to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/we-have-reached-the-time-in-the-life-of-the-planet-and-humanity-s/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

> [The occupational hazard of making a spectacle of yourself, over the long haul, is that at some point you buy a ticket too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/the-occupational-hazard-of-making-a-spectacle-of-yourself-over-the/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

> [An undisturbed river is as perfect as we will ever know, every refractive slide of cold water a glimpse of eternity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/an-undisturbed-river-is-as-perfect-as-we-will-ever-know-every/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

> [My life was the best omelette you could make with a chainsaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/my-life-was-the-best-omelette-you-could-make-with-a-chainsaw/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

> [“That food was so bad I can't wait for it to become a turd and leave me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/that-food-was-so-bad-i-can-t-wait-for-it-to-become-a-turd-and-leave-me/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

> [“They were unironic enthusiasts for all the mass pleasures the culture offered: television, NASCAR, cruises, Disney World, sports, celebrity gossip, and local politics.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/they-were-unironic-enthusiasts-for-all-the-mass-pleasures-the-culture/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

> [It don't do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/it-don-t-do-you-no-nevermind-to-tell-nobody-nothing/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

> [I'd be happy to have my biography be the stories of my dogs. To me, to live without dogs would mean accepting a form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/i-d-be-happy-to-have-my-biography-be-the-stories-of-my-dogs-to-me-to/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

> [By your late thirties the ground has begun to grow hard. It grows harder and harder until the day that it admits you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/by-your-late-thirties-the-ground-has-begun-to-grow-hard-it-grows/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

> [Angling is extremely time consuming. That's sort of the whole point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/angling-is-extremely-time-consuming-that-s-sort-of-the-whole-point/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

> [Early on I decided that fishing would be my way of looking at the world. First it taught me to look at rivers. Lately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/early-on-i-decided-that-fishing-would-be-my-way-of-looking-at-the/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

> [The essence of sport is courage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcguane/the-essence-of-sport-is-courage/)

[Thomas McGuane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcguane/)

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