Fish Quotes

1421 Fish quotes by 998 unique authors

History consists of a corpus ascertained facts. The facts are available to the historian in documents, inscriptions and so on, like fish in the fishmonger's… — Edward Hallett Carr
We hunt and fish or we'll go nuts dealing with the criminal behavior of our elected officials. — Ted Nugent
The suggestion that petroleum might have arisen from some transformation of squashed fish or biological detritus is surely the silliest notion to have been entertained… — Fred Hoyle
Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in… — Loren Eiseley
The best way to observe a fish is to become a fish. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
GE is the biggest polluter of the Hudson.. years ago they killed all the fish dumping millions of lbs. of pcb's into our waterways. Now… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
I am firmly convinced that the ideal combination leading to a happy life is to have the time to both fish and read. — Brian Murphy
Fishing is a... discipline in the equality of men - for all men are equal before fish. — Herbert Hoover
I think I fish, in part, because it's an anti-social, bohemian business that, when gone about properly, puts you forever outside the mainstream culture without… — John Gierach
Something to think about: If you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become the right fly. — John Gierach
Game fish are too valuable to be caught only once. — Lee Wulff
The finest gift you can give to any fisherman is to put a good fish back, and who knows if the fish that you caught… — Lee Wulff
Never leave fish to find fish. — Moses
Poets talk about "spots of time", but it is really the fishermen who experience eternity compressed into a moment. No one can tell what a… — Norman Maclean
The two best times to fish is when it's raining and when it ain't. — Patrick F. McManus
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
Man can learn a lot from fishing - when the fish are biting no problem in the world is big enough to be remembered. — Orlando Aloysius Battista
Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish. — Roderick Haig-Brown
If I fished only to capture fish, my fishing trips would have ended long ago. — Zane Grey
I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish. — Yanni
First time I saw an alligator gar I damn near threw up. They ain't natural anything get that big. It's ten feet long and three… — Unknown Author
In contrast [to trees and fish], oil, metals, and coal are not renewable; they don't reproduce, sprout, or have sex to produce baby oil droplets… — Jared Diamond
In the hands of an able cook, fish can become an inexhaustible source of perpetual delight. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Standing up here 10 in a row, you know, like a bunch of seals waiting for somebody to throw you the next fish, is not… — Fred Thompson
If you're shipwrecked on an island with 10 million dollars and your wife has gold and diamonds, but there's no water, no arable land, no… — Jacque Fresco

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