Fishermen Quotes

42 quotes by 36 authors

There are many good fishermen and some great ones. But there is only one you. — Ernest Hemingway
All Americans believe that they are born fishermen. For a man to admit a distaste for fishing would be like denouncing mother-love or hating moonlight. — John Steinbeck
When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come… — Ray Davies
As for myself, I do not believe in loggers, I believe in trees. I do not believe in fishermen, I believe in fish. I do… — Paul Watson
There is a lot of lip service paid in this Congress and downtown at the White House about family values and small business. Who better… — Peter DeFazio
Very little is known of the Canadian country since it is rarely visited by anyone but the Queen and illiterate sport fishermen. — P.J. O'Rourke
In these sad and ominous days of mad fortune chasing, every patriotic, thoughtful citizen, whether he fishes or not, should lament that we have not… — Grover Cleveland
Most fishermen swiftly learn that it's a pretty good rule never to show a favorite spot to any fisherman you wouldn't trust with your wife. — John D. Voelker
Most fishermen use the double haul to throw their casting mistakes further. — Lefty Kreh
He told us about Christ's disciples being fisherman, and we were left to assume...that all great fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fisherman… — Norman Maclean
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
If the gospel was of a nature to be propagated or maintained by the power of the world, God would not have intrusted it to… — Martin Luther
The whole world knows that His glory has not been spread by force and weapons, but by poor fishermen. — Girolamo Savonarola
I have found more inspiration in the cottages of fishermen than in the palaces of the rich. — Wilfred Grenfell
It is the job of artists to open doors and invite in prophesies, the unknown, the unfamiliar; itâ€™s where their work comes from, although its… — Rebecca Solnit
There are all kinds of letters and protests that come from, not surprisingly, Japanese fishermen, the fishermen's wives; there are student groups, all different types… — Martha Smith
A street thug and a paid killer are professionals - beasts of prey, if you will, who have dissociated themselves from the rest of humanity… — Willard Gaylin
A positive attitude and an open mind are true characteristics of all good fishermen — Kevin VanDam
I come from a family of fishermen. Fishing is very important to us. We don't hunt. We're not gun folk. — Nick Offerman
I have seen one shrike occupy himself for hours in sticking up on thorns, a number of small fishes that the fishermen had thrown on… — John Bachman

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