Anglers Quotes

19 quotes by 16 authors

Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without… — Jerome K. Jerome
Young anglers love new rivers the way they love the rest of their lives. Time does not seem to be of the essence and somewhere… — Thomas McGuane
No life is so happy and so pleasant as the life of the well-govern'd angler. — Izaak Walton
Fly tackle has improved considerably since 1676, when Charles Cotton advised anglers to 'fish fine and far off,' but no one has ever improved on… — John Gierach
Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch, to pull thee out, God… — John Wolcot
Anglers...exaggerate grossly and make gentle and inoffensive creatures sound like wounded buffalo and man-eating tigers. — Roderick Haig-Brown
I went to see every angler on the bank to see how they were doing, to try to give them a few tips or whatever.… — Tom Felton
The traveler fancies he has seen the country. So he has, the outside of it at least; but the angler only sees the inside. The… — Charles Kingsley
A friend of ours, who is an admirer of Isaac Walton, was struck, just as we were, with the likeness of the old angler's face… — Leigh Hunt
We really cannot see what equanimity there is in jerking a lacerated carp out of the water by the jaws, merely because it has no… — Leigh Hunt
There are a couple of carp fishing books I've been reading. I'm very interested in that line of books, because I think they write very… — Tom Felton
As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler. — Izaak Walton
The English language is like a broad river on whose bank a few patient anglers are sitting, while, higher up, the stream is being polluted… — Cyril Connolly
Advice to anglers: don't take advice from people with missing fingers. — Henry Beard
See how he throws his baited lines about,/And plays his men as anglers play their trout. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
The Compleat Angler is acknowledged to be one of the world's books. Only the trouble is that the world doesn't read its books, it borrows… — Stephen Leacock
The measure of an enthusiasm must be taken between interesting events. It is between bites that the lukewarm angler loses heart. — Edwin Way Teale
Anglers have a way of romanticizing their battles with fish and of forgetting that the fish has a hook in his mouth, his gullet, or… — Ernest Hemingway
There's nothing sweeter than a real friend: Not only is he prompt to lendâ€” An angler delicate, he fishes The very deepest of your wishes,… — Jean de La Fontaine

Who Wrote These Anglers Quotes

16 authors contributed a total of 19 Anglers Quotes as follows: