Angling Quote by John Steinbeck

In these sad and ominous days of mad fortune chasing, every patriotic, thoughtful citizen, whether he fishes or not, should lament that we have…

— Grover Cleveland

Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman, he thought. But that was the thing that I was born for.

— Ernest Hemingway

Fishing is a constant reminder of the democracy of life, of humility, and of human frailty. The forces of nature discriminate for no man.

— Herbert Hoover

A lot of fishermen are telling us they like things the way they are. They aren't pushing for the change. It's part of the…

— Larry J. McKinney

Fly fishermen are born honest, but they get over it.

— Ed Zern

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

— Henry David Thoreau

Fishing has been part of our culture since we landed here.

— Rex Hunt

For the true angler, fishing produces a deep,unspoken joy, born of longing for that which is quiet and peaceful, and fostered by an inbred…

— Thaddeus Norris

Fishing in rainy conditions may make fisherman seem crazy to the great mass of unimaginative people, but then few fishermen care what they think

— John Gierach

Fishing is much more than fish. It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.

— Herbert Hoover

When you're on a boat, 15 nautical miles off the coast and you're with a bunch of fishermen, they don't give two shits about…

— Tanc Sade

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

— Henry David Thoreau