'The best thing about hunting and fishing,' the Old Man said, 'is that you don't have to actually do it to enjoy it. You can go to bed every night thinking about how much fun you had twenty years ago,… — Robert Ruark Copy Share Image
Time just seems to fly away for a boy. That, I s’pose, is why one day you wake up suddenly and you ain’t a… — Robert Ruark Copy Share Image
A man can build a staunch reputation for honesty by admitting he was in error, especially when he gets caught at it. — Robert Ruark Copy Share Image
A fish, which you can't see, deep down in the water, is a kind of symbol of peace on earth, good will to yourself. Fishing gives a man ... some time to collect his thoughts and reaarange them kind of neatly, in an orderly fashion. Once the bait is on the hook and the boat is anchored, there's nothing to… — Robert Ruark Copy Share
But phony, Hemingway was not, and poseur he was not. He did not shoot lions and leopards because he was searching for the answer… — Robert Ruark Copy Share Image
When I get up at five in the morning to go fishing, I wake my wife up and ask, 'What'll it be dear, sex… — Robert Ruark Copy Share Image
“When we take away from a man his traditional way of life, his customs, hi religion, we had better make certain to replace it… — Robert Ruark Copy Share Image
Any time a boy is ready to learn about guns is the time he’s ready, no matter how young he is, and you can’t… — Robert Ruark Copy Share Image
If they keep exposing you to education, you might even realize some day that man becomes immortal only in what he writes on paper,… — Robert Ruark Copy Share Image
Rich, 'the Old Man said dreamily, 'is not baying after what you can't have. Rich is having the time to do what you want to do. Rich is a little whiskey to drink and some food to eat and a roof over your head and a fish pole and a boat and a gun and a dollar for a box… — Robert Ruark Copy Share
Hunting is the noblest sport yet devised by the hand of man. There were mighty hunters in the Bible, and all the caves where… — Robert Ruark Copy Share Image
If a man does away with his traditional way of living and throws away his good customs, he had better first make certain that… — Robert Ruark Copy Share Image
