[W.H.R.] Rivers is the Rider Haggard of anthropology; I shall be the Conrad. — Bronislaw Malinowski Copy Share Image
I was born upon thy bank, river, My blood flows in thy stream, And thou meanderest forever, At the bottom of my… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Of all nature's animated kingdoms, fish are the most unchristian, inhospitable, heartless, and cold-blooded of creatures. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I never set fire to a piano. I'd like to have got away with it, though. I pushed a couple of them… — Jerry Lee Lewis Copy Share Image
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Rivers are places that renew our spirit, connect us with our past, and link us directly with the flow and rhythm of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
A good rule of angling philosophy is not to interfere with any fishermans ways of being happy, unless you want to be… — Zane Grey Copy Share Image
On the Firehole I caught thirty-six inches worth of trout - in six installments. — Arnold Gingrich Copy Share Image
In us, there is a river of feelings, in which every drop of water is a different feeling, and each feeling relies… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
A brook can be a friend in a special way. It talks to you with splashy gurgles. It cools your toes and… — Joan Walsh Anglund Copy Share Image
. . . had I a river I would gladly let all honest anglers that use the fly cast line in it,… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
Fly fishing is the most beautiful way of trying to catch a fish; not the most efficient, just as ballet is the… — Howell Raines Copy Share Image
By any reasonable standard, Riverside Drive would be considered the best street in New York. Where else, after all, are there such… — Paul Goldberger Copy Share Image
Out of the east on an Irish stallion came bounty hunter Dan His heart quickened and burdened by the need to get… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Most of the world's major waterways have been diverted or dammed or otherwise manipulated - in the United States, only two per… — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
She looked at him gravely. "You cannot call back the river that has already flowed past you, Ruith. All you can do… — Lynn Kurland Copy Share Image
Allowing the fly to sink to the fish's level, the angler makes a retrieve. The fly comes directly at the fish, which… — Lefty Kreh Copy Share Image
Even as global warming increases the frequency of El Nino and the Atlantic event, their effects are being amplified by the annual… — Alex Shoumatoff Copy Share Image
Nature uncovers the inner secrets of nature in two ways: one by the force of bodies operating outside it; the other by… — Mikhail Lomonosov Copy Share Image
The ancient Irish bards knew the Salmon of Knowledge as the giver of all life's wisdom. In the salmon's leap of understanding… — Lynn Culbreath Noel Copy Share Image
I have seen the glories of art and architecture, and mountain and river; I have seen the sunset on the Jungfrau, and… — George Frisbie Hoar Copy Share Image
Every inner touch, every one of its fingerprints on my brain, burned like acid. It shredded the walls of my soul like… — Rob Thurman Copy Share Image
Our destiny and ultimate fate depend upon our daily decisions. . . .Tomorrow's joy or tomorrow's despair has its roots in decisions… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Keep in mind how fast things pass by and are gone - those that are now, and those to come. Existence flows… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image