Famous Quotes & Sayings

Morgan Ensberg

The guy fishes with dynamite. That should encapsulate the guy.

Peter Benchley

The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail

Henry Beard

Advice to anglers: don't take advice from people with missing fingers.

Henry David Thoreau

The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover it was never fish that you were after.

John C. Maxwell

Never open a can of worms unless you plan to go fishing.

You've got to get down to the fish zone.

Michael Smith

All we can guarantee is the fish are there.

The fundamental mechanisms are probably going to be the same in all vertebrates, as even frogs and fish have gaze control. The promise here is that because we are doing this in owls, we can get at the mechanisms of how this works.

The fish don't know to stay away from New Orleans.

The fish are hunting for food all night and the need to rest during the day, and by having the humans going and interact with them, we're interfering with their rest cycle.

The fish always stinks from the head downwards.

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 spot of time is until suddenly the whole world is a fish and the fish is gone.

Norman Maclean

Many of us would probably be better fishermen if we did not spend so much time watching and waiting for the world to become perfect

Jimmy Cannon

Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime

John Heywood

All is fish that comth to net.

John Harington

Best fishing in troubled waters.

Lord Chesterfield

The only sure way of avoiding these evils [vanity and boasting] is never to speak of yourself at all. But when, historically, youare obliged to mention yourself, take care not to drop one single word that can directly or indirectly be construed as fishing for applause.

The lesson is that you have to pay the price in order to restore the fish stock.

All sight fish must be hooked in the mouth.

The matter has been turned over to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for investigation." ()

Henry Van Dyke

I'm only wishing to go a-fishing;For this the month of May was made.

Henry Paulson

One of the things I enjoy the most is fishing.

John Lyly

All fish are not caught with flies

We warn people not to be fish hogs.

There are a lot of people in the recreational fishing industry that would be hurt if the season is shut down. There will be hundreds that lose jobs.

We sell more fish than anything. Folk come from out of town. We might be small, but we're good.

The gravel went with a gentle slope, and that's where the fish were. I knew they spawn in that area. The wind helped a lot.

Geoffrey Zakarian

A plate of food has to have balance. For example, a mild fish like skate mustn't be overwhelmed by the side dishes. They should have personality and color, but they also have to be subtle.

Dario Fo

Culturally, I have always been part of the proletariat. I lived side by side with the sons of glassblowers, fishermen and smugglers. The stories they told were shaper satires about the hypocrisy of authority and the middle classes, the two-facedness of teachers and lawyers and politicians. I was born politicized.

Susan Collins

the president's version sounds like a fish net with more holes than rope.

Jimmy Moore

There are "indicator" plants and there are "indicator people". When you see Cedar, you know there's alkaline, limestone-based soil around. When you see Fly Fishers, you know there's fish around - well, not always.

Jimmy Moore

There are ""indicator"" plants and there are ""indicator people"". When you see Cedar, you know there's alkaline, limestone-based soil around. When you see Fly Fishers, you know there's fish around - well, not always.

August Krogh

There can be little doubt that fishes swimming rapidly do not make respiratory movements at all, but obtain the necessary ventilation of the gills simply by opening the mouth.