"It is to be observed that 'angling' is……" — Stephen Leacock

"It is to be observed that 'angling' is the name given to fishing by people who can't fish."

— Stephen Leacock

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82 Quotes by Stephen Leacock

Stephen Leacock has 82 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It may be those who do most, dream most.
If every day in the life of a school could be the last day but one, there would be little…
Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey…
In point of morals, the average woman is, even for business, too crooked.
In ancient times they had no statistics so they had to fall back on lies.
Writing is not hard. Just get paper and pencil, sit down, and write as it occurs to you. The writing…
Chess is one long regret.
In earlier times they had no statistics and so they had to fall back on lies. Hence the huge exaggerations…
Now, the essence, the very spirit of Christmas is that we first make believe a thing is so, and lo,…
A lone maple leaf resting on sand Have you ever been out for a late autumn walk in the closing…
Success is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.
The writing of solid, instructive stuff fortified by facts and figures is easy enough. There is no trouble in writing…

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More Angling Quotes

This quote is filed under Angling Quotes, one of 22 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Angling may be said to be so like the Mathematics that it can never be fully learnt; at least not… — Izaak Walton
Angling is extremely time consuming. That's sort of the whole point. — Thomas McGuane
There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce a serenity of the mind. — Washington Irving
Angling is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so... — Izaak Walton
You will find angling to be like the virtue of humanity, which has a calmness of spirit and a world… — Izaak Walton
The angling fever is a very real disease and can only be cured by the application of cold water and… — Theodore Gordon
The art of angling, the cruelest, the coldest and the stupidest of pretended sports. — Lord Byron
Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish. — Rafael Sabatini
After the doctor's departure Koznyshev felt inclined to go to the river with his fishing rod. He was fond of… — Leo Tolstoy
Angling is an Art... an art worth your learning. — Izaak Walton
Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and… — Samuel Johnson
O, sir, doubt not that Angling is an art; is it not an art to deceive a trout with an… — Izaak Walton

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